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No-confidence vote in Grant County sheriff’s administration drew support from majority of participants
EPHRATA — Newly-released public records show that 31 members of the Grant County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriffs’…
Judges: Trump can't exclude people from district drawings
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Saying the president had exceeded his authority, a panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally f…
New Jersey regulators take new look at wind, gas projects
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Regulators are taking a second look at large-scale energy projects proposed for both sides of New Jersey’s shoreline that involve wind energy and liquefied natural gas.
Veteran House incumbents cling to seats as districts evolve
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he logs another campaign season piloting his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza around his vast, crimson-red Minnesota district, voters greet Rep. Collin Peterson by name. But something else is h…
Utah aiming to keep COVID-19 fatalities, unemployment low
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has set new goals for fighting the coronavirus pandemic that include keeping the state's fatality rate below 1% and maintaining an unemployment rate below 4.5%, state leaders said Thursda…
AG: N. Carolina board won't appeal ruling on felons voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's elections board won't try to stop enforcement of a court ruling that would allow more convicted felons to vote this fall, state Attorney General Josh Stein announced Thursday. …
Michigan House: Ease licensing for people with criminal past
LANSING, Mich (AP) — The Michigan House on Thursday unanimously approved bills designed to lift restrictions that prevent people with a criminal record from obtaining occupational licenses.
McConnell clashes with McGrath over 9/11 comments
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — On the eve of the anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on American soil, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Amy McGrath battled over an ad reviv…
Delays, high costs plague efforts to house LA's homeless
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $1.2 billion program aimed at building housing for homeless people in Los Angeles has been plagued by delays and soaring costs that have seen the average price of constructing a single unit jum…
Biden: 'I hope I don't take the bait' in debate with Trump
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has said he’d “beat the hell out of” President Donald Trump over his comments about women if they were in high school. But on the debate stage, as opponents for the presidency, it’…
St. Paul guaranteed $500 monthly income proposal hits a snag
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pilot program proposed by St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter to guarantee $500 in monthly income to 150 low-income families affected by COVID-19 has hit a snag, with an influential congressional libe…
Laura evacuees protest, cite slow aid response from FEMA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About two dozen Hurricane Laura evacuees and their advocates marched through the streets of New Orleans on Thursday to protest what they called the “slow response” from the federal government on …
Pence touts Trump respect for military in speech at VMI
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday emphasized the respect President Donald Trump has for the armed forces to an audience of cadets at Virginia Military Institute, one week after reports ind…
Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a halt in the mailing of absentee ballots until it gives the go-ahead or makes any future ruling about who should be on t…
Ohio governor's pick for health dept director withdraws name
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick for Ohio’s next Health Department director withdrew her name Thursday night, just hours after DeWine announced she’d be the successor to the state's previous director w…
Republicans, Democrats deeply divided over pandemic response
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Deep political divisions over responses to the coronavirus pandemic were on display Thursday when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told a congressional committee that New Mexico needed further f…