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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…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 3rd Add,400
NORTHEAST Maxwell +- Merrill +- Murphy +- Payne +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 6 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Trump +- Weld +- Ardini +- Boddie +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 10th Add,400
NORTHEAST No Preferen +- Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
Arrested man who died after refusing medical care identified
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who died at a Flagstaff hospital while in custody last month after refusing medical treatment.
Tennessee lawmakers continue special session
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Legislation designed to provide sweeping liability protections against coronavirus lawsuits to schools, health care providers and businesses advanced in Tennessee on Tuesday.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 2nd Add,400
NORTHEAST Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, the state of Pennsylvania has had strict rules about who can stand in polling stations and challenge the eligibility of voters. The restrictions are meant to limit the use of “poll moni…
New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy
NEW YORK (AP) — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Comley +- De La Fuent +- Ely +- Horn +-
Prescott man who impersonated peace officer gets prison term
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A Cottonwood man has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in an Arizona prison after pleading guilty to two counts of impersonating a peace officer.
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Inaction by Congress leaves states to pay for election costs
ATLANTA (AP) — Congress’ failure so far to pass another round of coronavirus aid leaves state and local officials on their own to deal with the soaring costs of holding a presidential election amid a deadly pandemi…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 5th Add,400
NORTHEAST Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
Salango endorsed by W.Va. United Auto Workers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia chapter of the United Auto Workers has endorsed Democratic candidate for governor Ben Salango.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 4th Add,400
NORTHEAST Sanford +- Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +-