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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…
Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it cut a destructive path through Louisiana and surrounding states,
Judge to rule on Trump's motion to block Iowa absentee forms
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge said Thursday he will rule soon on a request from President Donald Trump's reelection campaign to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots submitted by voters in Iowa's seco…
Voter advocates join Ohio legal cry to expand drop boxes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of voting rights groups is joining Ohio Democrats in suing the state's election chief, seeking to force an expansion of ballot drop boxes ahead of the November election.
Board: Georgia county failed to process ballot applications
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state election board has found that election officials in the state's most populous county failed to process some absentee ballot applications for the June primary and on Thursday referred …
DeSantis court pick improper, but high court won't undo
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority by appointing a constitutionally ineligible person to the Florida Supreme Court, but the high court said in a ruling Thursday that it won't …
Pelosi, Meadows to talk virus aid, but outlook dim for deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows were set to discuss a stalled
Thousands may return home as gains made on California fires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people forced to flee their homes were allowed to return Thursday after firefighters made progress in their effort to put out massive and deadly wildfires in Northern California. O…
Philadelphia accepts $10M grant for ambitious election plan
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —
Trump sends in agents as Albuquerque struggles with crime
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — At the start of another summer weekend of bloodshed, Albuquerque police officers were called after midnight to a park where they found a screaming teenage girl beside her boyfriend's bullet…
California GOP senators to be tested; Senate set to resume
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate will meet Thursday without most of its Republican members after a GOP state senator tested positive for the coronavirus.
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…
The Latest: Pelosi doesn't want any Biden-Trump debates
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Private Wisconsin college cancels Pence commencement speech
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A private Milwaukee college has canceled plans to have Vice President Mike Pence deliver a commencement address this weekend, citing
Allentown police make arrests in street bike, ATV crackdown
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police in Allentown are vowing to continue efforts to rein in illegal use of dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles on city streets after making arrests last weekend.
Kennedy's legacy hovering over Senate race in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Perhaps inevitably, the long political shadow of the Kennedy family is hovering over an increasingly acrimonious contest between U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy lll, who's hoping to …