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Dent leads Garcia in 13th District race
MOSES LAKE — Incumbent Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, maintained a commanding lead in the race for Position 1 in Was…
Kansas reports COVID-19 death surge amid 1st vaccine shots
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — COVID-19 deaths have surged in Kansas in the past week and nearly every part of the state has lost people to the disease caused by the coronavirus, health statistics show.
Special elections set for Georgia House seat, prosecutor
ATLANTA (AP) — Special elections have been set to fill a vacant Georgia House seat and a vacant district attorney's post.
Georges sworn in as associate justice of state’s high court
BOSTON (AP) — Serge Georges, Jr. was sworn in Wednesday as an associate justice of the state’s highest court.
Court: Ohio must allow gender changes on birth certificates
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio can’t keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden introduced his one-time Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary Wednesday, saying the 38-year-old can be “a new voice" i…
Indiana budget outlook improves, although money still tight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s state tax revenues have largely stabilized from the
Lawmakers: Insurance disputes slow Louisiana storm recovery
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Southwest Louisiana lawmakers Wednesday criticized the insurance industry's handling of claims from Hurricanes Laura and Delta, describing slow responses, low-balled damage estimates and dro…
California's growth rate at record low as more people leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More people are leaving California than moving here, continuing a trend that coupled with fewer births has slowed the growth rate in the nation's most populous state to a record low amid a…
Michigan lawmakers OK bills to let college athletes be paid
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights — putting Michigan on the cus…
The Latest: Pelosi backs Rep. Haaland for interior secretary
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Wyoming PSC chairwoman stepping down 4 years before term end
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The chairwoman of the Wyoming Public Service Commission is resigning four years before her term is scheduled to end to take another job.
Biggest vets groups step up pressure on Trump to fire Wilkie
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up pressure, the nation's six largest veterans groups on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie over the mishandling of a …
COVID-19 deaths climb as Indiana virus spread continues
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Another 125 Indiana residents have died from COVID-19, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll past 7,000, state health officials said Wednesday.
Arizona ties, sets records for virus deaths, hospital usage
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Wednesday tied a previous record for coronavirus deaths in one day during the current virus surge while its available hospital bed capacity dropped to a record-low since the start of the p…
NC court order threatens executive branch power over funds
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel's ruling threatens the ability of elected executive branch leaders in the state to control non-tax dollars without legislative permission.