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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
Mayor races sharpen as primary results finally are released
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Races for mayors of four of Rhode Island's largest cities sharpened Thursday — two days after the state's primary — as officials finally released votes that were mailed in because of the cor…
Whitmer: Trump is 'biggest threat' to America, cost lives
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump following revelations that he had purposely downplayed the deadly coronavirus, calling it “devastating” new…
Indiana court denies challenge to religious objection limits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana court rejected an appeal Thursday from conservative religious groups that have unsuccessfully challenged limits on the state’s religious objections law that were adopted under then-Go…
Des Moines hopeful eyesore near downtown will be cleared
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling former industrial site on the edge of downtown Des Moines would be transferred to city ownership and prepared for future development under a plan that officials announced Thursda…
S. Carolina public health director no longer headed to Ohio
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Less than six hours after one of South Carolina's top health officials was reported to be leaving to head Ohio's health department, the governor of Ohio said she was withdrawing her name …
Extra benefits ending with Montana's unemployment rising
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The extra $400 in weekly unemployment insurance payments is no longer available in Montana, the Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday, even as new unemployment claims are on the rise.
Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump
NY jobless to get $300 per week boost until funding dries up
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As many as 2 million unemployed New Yorkers will start receiving their share of an extra $300-a-week assistance boost next week from a temporary federal fund that's running out of money.
Trump, Biden plan dueling visits to Minnesota next Friday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will both bring their presidential campaigns to Minnesota on Friday of next week.
GOP: Trump still plans Nevada visit despite COVID-19 rules
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republicans planned a protest Thursday night in support of their First Amendment rights as President Donald Trump moves forward with plans to campaign in Nevada this weekend despite the state’s 50…
Trump campaign asks US judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign are urging a federal judge in Las Vegas to block a state law and prevent mail-in ballots from going to all active Nevada voters less than …
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…