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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…
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 +-
Tennessee lawmakers continue special session
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse will continue to meet for a special legislative session on Tuesday as they address COVID-19 liability, telemedicine and penalties against protester…
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.
Analysis: Trump has a go-to solution, and it's more Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a ready solution for almost any crisis: more Donald Trump.
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.
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.