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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…
The Latest: Missouri polls open
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the Missouri primary election (all times local):
UK lawmakers urge sanctions over Hong Kong police violence
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers urged the U.K. government Tuesday to sanction Hong Kong's leader for allowing “excessive police violence” against humanitarian workers who tried to help people injured during pro-dem…
Ex-teacher hopes to free Belarus from president's iron fist
BREST, Belarus (AP) — A 37-year-old former English teacher without political experience seems an unlikely challenger to the authoritarian president of Belarus who has been the ex-Soviet nation's only leader for mor…
Parrish named acting secretary of N.C. technology agency
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A deputy within North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's agency managing information technology for state government is now the department's acting secretary.
Cooper, Forest lawyers argue over governor's COVID-19 powers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest are heading to court over whether some of Cooper's COVID-19 executive orders should be blocked because other elected…
Newhouse stops in Moses Lake before election
MOSES LAKE — Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, stopped in Moses Lake on Monday to visit the newly opened headquarters of the Grant County Republican Party, locat…
House committees subpoena top Pompeo aides over IG firing
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Trump administration is stonewalling their investigation into the firing of the State Department's…
House panel calls new postal chief to explain mail delays
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a September hearing to examine operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deli…
Arizona voters will find COVID-19 precautions at polls
PHOENIX (AP) — Voters going to the polls Tuesday for Arizona’s primaries will find larger venues to allow for social distancing and poll workers wearing masks as the tradition of casting a ballot adjusts to the cor…
Nevada Legislature passes pandemic eviction protections
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers passed a bill on Monday to provide renters additional means to fight evictions outside traditional court hearings once the state's eviction moratorium is lifted on Sept. 1.
'If not now, when?': Black women seize political spotlight
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The little girl ran up to her, wide-eyed and giddy.
NY rolls back legal immunity for hospitals, nursing homes
Nursing homes and hospitals in New York can once again be held liable in lawsuits and criminal prosecutions for care provided to patients not being treated for COVID-19 under a law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monda…
Illinois launches $5M ad campaign to encourage mask wearing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois launched a $5 million advertising campaign on Monday to remind people to cover their faces in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, which
Lawsuit: Louisiana doing too little to protect voting rights
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Voting rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Louisiana's governor and chief elections officer, saying the state is doing too little to protect ballot access in November and…
Trump claims authority to issue order on mail-in votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed Monday that he has the authority to issue an executive order on mail-in ballots, whose increasing use, he argues, could increase election fraud and uncertainty, thou…