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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…
Armenian opposition pushes PM to step down over peace deal
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Armenia's capital Wednesday to continue to pressure the ex-Soviet nation's prime minister to resign over a peace deal with neighboring Azerbaijan that d…
Indiana tracking map shows widespread COVID-19 risk remains
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly all of Indiana remained in the greatest-risk categories for coronavirus spread in Wednesday’s
Connecticut overhauls rules for electricity rate increases
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut regulators imposed what they called sweeping changes Wednesday to how electricity rate increases are proposed and approved, responding to an uproar by customers over substantially…
New Hampshire certifies Biden victory in presidential vote
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire certified its presidential election results Wednesday in favor of Joe Biden.
Virgin Galactic gets NASA contract, prepares for test flight
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic has been selected to provide regular access to flights for NASA payloads as the space agency conducts more research and development and plans for future exploratory missions.
Same leadership, same issues for SC's budget committee
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican leaders made no major changes on Wednesday to their main House committees, and the group that handles the budget remains stuck with the same problems, only this tim…
Louisiana's latest special session cost taxpayers $1.1M
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The fall special session held by Louisiana lawmakers to debate COVID-19 rules and hurricane recovery issues carried a taxpayer-financed price tag of more than $1.1 million, according to spen…
Minnesota reports 77 new COVID-19 deaths; 5,192 new cases
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota health authorities reported 77 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday — the second-highest one-day total of the pandemic — but this week's figures have been affected by reporting lags due to …
California county pays $10M after shooting paralyzed man
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has paid nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis two years ago when a deputy shot him, pa…
UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world's most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industr…
Maine lawmakers convene for historic meeting during pandemic
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With Gov. Janet Mills in quarantine Wednesday, Maine lawmakers were sworn into office by the state’s chief justice to open a historic session at the Augusta Civic Center that featured the stat…
Alexander preaches consensus in farewell to fractious Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee political legend who forged a productive path as a Senate institutionalist after tours as governor and Cabinet secretary, said goodbye to the chamber on Wednesday…
New unemployment head balances paying claims, stopping fraud
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's acting unemployment director told lawmakers on Wednesday that her office is trying to strike a balance between quickly paying benefits to jobless workers and preventing fraud, sayin…
Wisconsin governor calls Trump lawsuit an 'assault'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn Wisconsin's election results by tossing ballots only from the state's two most heavily Democratic counties is an “assault on democracy,” attorneys f…
Many New Hampshire Democrats skip opening session over virus
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers bundled up and spread out on an athletic field Wednesday to start their next two-year session. But many House Democrats skipped the gathering over concerns about the coro…