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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…
Maine governor signs executive order for November election
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is allowing external drop boxes for absentee ballots and will let clerks begin processing ballots earlier to deal with the anticipated heavy volume, her office said Thur…
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Watchdog groups say convention appearances broke Hatch Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two White House officials violated the Hatch Act by participating in choreographed events that were aired during this week's Republican National Convention, according to two separate ethics compla…
Michigan officials decry robocall that dissuades mail voting
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state on Thursday were investigating what they called a racist robocall that falsely warns residents in majority-Black Detroit who vote by mail tha…
Gyms, some bars in Phoenix, Tucson open as virus cases ebb
PHOENIX (AP) — Gyms and some bars across metro Phoenix and Tucson were allowed to reopen Thursday as coronavirus transmission numbers in several Arizona counties dropped to moderate levels that let the businesses r…
Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blasted
Polis signs order to diversify Colorado state government
DENVER (AP) — Amid the backdrop of the nation's reckoning over racial inequities, Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed an executive order he says is designed to diversify state government and create policies to prom…
Nevada braces as pandemic-prompted eviction moratorium ends
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gina Giambra worked as a massage therapist on the Las Vegas Strip until being laid off this spring and doesn't know how she's going to pay her rent in September.
Court panel allows federal execution of Kansas girl's killer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal appeals court judges is letting the U.S. government proceed with the planned execution of a man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 10-year-old Kansas girl.
Group: Georgia teachers should decide early classroom return
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's largest teachers group told Gov. Brian Kemp that teachers should be able to decide whether to return to school without being quarantined for COVID-19 exposure if the Republican governor dec…
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With improving virus data, California looks to reopen again
LOS ANGELS (AP) — California is poised to take another halting step toward normalcy with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to announce plans for reopening businesses that were shuttered in July amid soaring coronavirus ca…
Medical marijuana OK'd for Nebraska ballot, lawsuit expected
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will get the chance to decide whether to legalize medical marijuana in November, the state's top election official announced Thursday, although his decision is certain to face an …
Theory on killings suspect barred at freeway shootings trial
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for a landscaper once accused in metro Phoenix’s 2015 freeway shootings are barred from telling jurors at their client’s upcoming false-arrest trial that it's highly likely a car belonging to…
US ambassador avoids New Zealand quarantine on return
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — United States Ambassador Scott Brown's diplomatic status has allowed him and his wife to avoid going into quarantine at New Zealand's border after the couple returned from a trip to t…