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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election
EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…
Election chief: Ohio positioning for smooth Election Night
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's elections chief said Tuesday that he continues to take steps to head off a potentially chaotic November election, including adding clarity to absentee ballot request forms, tracking pol…
Teacher raises back on table as SC senators discuss budget
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators will likely consider whether to restore the annual raises most teachers get each year to the state budget when they return to Columbia next week for a special session a…
Some call for end to COVID-19 rules as Arizona cases decline
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials reported Tuesday just over 80 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths, fueling some business owners to call for an end to operating restrictions.
Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count
LODGE GRASS, Mont. (AP) — When Lauri Dawn Kindness was growing up, her hometown on the Crow Indian Reservation had an arcade, movie theater, gas stations and family cafe along streets shaded by towering cottonwood …
Georgia investigating double voting in primary election
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of “potential double voting” in the June primary election — a felony he's determined to see prosecuted.
Louisiana pandemic voting plans at issue in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Republican officials' reluctance to allow expanded mail-in voting this fall — despite having done so for summer elections — is at issue in a federal case unfolding this week in Baton Ro…
Tax revenues better than thought, lawmakers' estimate shows
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's tax revenues aren't as dire as Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy estimated, legislative calculations published on Tuesday show.
Census Bureau stops layoffs for door knockers after order
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop winding down 2020 census operations for the time being, the statistical agency said Tuesday in court papers that it's refra…
Flurry of tests as COVID hits Greece's biggest migrant camp
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major testing and contact-tracing operation at Greece's largest migrant camp on the eastern island of Lesbos has so far detected 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the overcrowded facility…
House to investigate DeJoy possible campaign law violations
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats said Tuesday they will investigate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraged employees at his former business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed the…
Voters to pick nominees for New Hampshire governor
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two Concord attorneys hoping to upgrade their Statehouse experience are competing in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary, while Republican Gov. Chris Sununu faces two longshots on the GO…
New Hampshire voters to choose candidates for 2 House seats
An Air Force veteran, a former Trump official and a combat nurse are among the candidates for New Hampshire's two congressional seats competing in Tuesday's primary to represent their party in the November general …
Background, bank accounts factor into Senate GOP race
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican U.S. Senate primary in New Hampshire could hinge on bank accounts, backgrounds and the backing of President Donald Trump.
Congress' 1st quadriplegic headlines Rhode Island's primary
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, the first lawmaker with quadriplegia to be elected to Congress, faces Democratic challenger Dylan Conley in Tuesday’s Rhode Island primary.
Denmark: Tunisia should take migrants rescued off Malta
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark says that “Tunisia is responsible for receiving” the 27 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean by a Danish-flagged chemical tanker.