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Raap, Durfee advance to general election in Grant County Commissioner race

EPHRATA— With only about 150 ballots left to count in Grant County as of Aug. 13, Kelly Raap and Shannon Durfee ap…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
UP lawmaker infected with coronavirus, says he is recovering

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker from the western Upper Peninsula said he tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday and was isolating at home.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Wisconsin justices weigh removal of 130K from voter rolls

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed Tuesday whether to go along with conservatives who argue that 130,000 voters should be removed from the rolls in the hotly contested presidential battlegroun…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Kwanza Hall, Robert Franklin advance to runoff in special election for remainder of John Lewis’ term in Congress

ATLANTA (AP) — Kwanza Hall, Robert Franklin advance to runoff in special election for remainder of John Lewis’ term in Congress.

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The Latest: Trump casts election doubts, Biden urges voting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):

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Judge blocks big fee hikes for citizenship, other benefits

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday halted major fee increases for citizenship and other immigration benefits three days before they were to take effect, saying the last two chiefs of the Homeland Security …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
California governor vetoes bill that sought to give $600 to low-income immigrants to buy groceries

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor vetoes bill that sought to give $600 to low-income immigrants to buy groceries.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Trump intel chief unveils unverified Russian info about Dems

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's top intelligence official said Tuesday that he has declassified Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 election even though h…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Another GOP challenge tries to block absentee ballot order

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's Democratic secretary of state was sued Tuesday by her two Republican predecessors after failing to challenge a major court decision that orders the state to count absentee ballots days aft…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
California governor vetoes bill to aid low-income immigrants

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have authorized California to give low-income immigrants $600 to buy groceries.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Federal appeals court upholds six-day extension for counting ballots in battleground Wisconsin, handing Democrats a win.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal appeals court upholds six-day extension for counting ballots in battleground Wisconsin, handing Democrats a win.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Error leaves thousands in NYC with flawed absentee ballots

NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses printed on the return envelopes.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the "head” of the family and faith. Fo…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Utah governor candidates debate virus response, mask mandate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox went head to head with Democratic law professor Chris Peterson in Utah's gubernatorial debate Tuesday over the state's pandemic response and the viability of a …