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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…
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…
1,953 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, 28 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois health officials say despite the 1,953 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 28 fatalities reported Thursday, the percentage of positive coronavirus tests is trending down, but hospi…
Arizona court: County can't tell voters how to fix errors
PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County recorder can't include instructions that tell voters how to correct errors on their early ballots as he had planned, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online
Missi Magness wanted her children back in school.
Africana Studies ex-director sues University of New Mexico
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state f…