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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…
Former Virginia House speaker eyes gubernatorial run
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The former GOP speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates is eyeing a run for governor next year.
California issues guidelines for school reopening waivers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health officials released guidelines Monday for elementary schools to seek waivers that would allow them to offer classroom instruction but recommended that local health officials not …
Lee calls special session to address COVID-19 liability
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee on Monday announced he's calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to address legislation that would provide health care providers, schools and businesses broad protections against…
Michigan orders tests on ag, migrant workers after outbreaks
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Monday ordered coronavirus testing of agricultural and migrant workers, citing nearly a dozen outbreaks at farms and food-processing plants in recent weeks.
Nevada to mail all voters ballots; Trump promises lawsuit
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed legislation Monday to mail all of the state's active voters ballots ahead of the November election, a move being criticized by President Donald Trump, who p…
Michigan adapts to absentee ballot influx before primary
LANSING, Michigan (AP) — Michigan is navigating uncharted waters as more absentee ballots have been cast before Tuesday's primary than in any other election in state history and clerks figure out how to process the…
Irksome in Iceland, brusque in Britain? US envoys draw ire
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — In Iceland, a nation so safe its president runs errands on a bicycle, U.S. Ambassador Jeffery Ross Gunter has left locals aghast with his request to hire armed bodyguards.
Lawmakers fight for GOP's soul in Arizona Senate primary
PHOENIX (AP) — The biggest knock-down, drag-out primary election fight among the 90 Arizona Senate and House seats up for grabs in November features two sitting Republican lawmakers in a suburban north Phoenix dist…
Kentucky reports lower daily number of coronavirus cases
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky posted lower numbers of new coronavirus cases Monday, but the governor braced the state for a potential increase in virus-related deaths after weeks of surging infections.
Nevada governor details new county-by-county virus response
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada will shift this week from broad restrictions in response to the coronavirus to an ongoing, county-by-county review where officials hope to target hot spots and specific businesses where the …
Kansas sees rate of positive coronavirus tests inching up
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has seen its rate of positive coronavirus tests inch up and reported cases double in nearly half of the state's counties over the past month so that the state is approaching 29,000 report…
Michigan primary tests Tlaib, features 2 open House races
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s primary Tuesday featured a serious challenge to an incumbent congresswoman and campaigns for two U.S. House seats where a Republican and a former GOP member are retiring.
Arizona voters head to polls for GOP, Democratic primaries
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will be in the national spotlight in November as a presidential battleground and the home of one of the most closely watched Senate contests in the country. But Tuesday's primary features few…
US House candidates distancing from Cowboys for Trump leader
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Two U.S. House hopefuls in a crucial southern New Mexico race are distancing themselves from a Cowboys for Trump leader who said some Black athletes should “go back to Africa” as he faces mo…
Democrat for US Senate releases ad around dad's cancer fight
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democrat U.S. hopeful Ben Ray Luján released a television ad Tuesday touting his support for expanding Medicaid while pointing to his father’s fight with cancer.