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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…
Whitmer signs bills to resolve $2.2 billion budget shortfall
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday signed spending bills as part of an agreement to resolve a $2.2 billion deficit in the current budget by using federal coronavirus relief aid, tapping savings, …
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from a hospital in New York City and has returned home, the Supreme Court said Friday.
AP Analysis: Why Trump's election delay tweet matters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pattern is now familiar: He makes a stunning assertion, on Twitter or impromptu. The head scratching begins.
Ohio alcohol sales restricted as COVID-19 cases remain high
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alcohol sales will be banned after 10 p.m. Friday under an executive order issued by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to help slow the spread of the coronavirus by limiting close gatherings.
GOP US Senate hopeful blasts New Mexico virus campaign rules
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A Republican U.S. Senate hopeful blasted on Friday New Mexico’s health orders, which limits public political fundraisers and traditional door-to-door campaigning, and suggested they are desi…
Judge denies allowing some felons to vote in primary
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An attempt to get some people with out-of-state felony convictions permission to participate in Tennessee's upcoming Aug. 6 primary election came to a halt Friday.
Gov vetoes nursing home bill; says based on 'false premise'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed Republican-sponsored legislation that would have let nursing homes house coronavirus-infected residents only in a separate building from where other resi…
Pennsylvania to pay for mail-in ballot postage in election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will foot the cost of postage for voters to mail in ballots in November's general election, officials said Friday, a move that Gov. Tom Wolf has made a priority as the coronaviru…
Fauci confident virus vaccine will get to Americans in 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that he remains confident that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by early next year, telling lawmakers that a quarter-million Americans already have volunteered to …
Departing N.C. Rep. McGrady is transportation board choice
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Another North Carolina legislator is resigning before the two-year General Assembly term ends.
Dems: SC in for pandemic 'calamity' without election changes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As officials grapple with ways to carry out November’s general election amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, South Carolina Democrats are again taking legal action to challenge limits on …
Forest lawyer: Cooper must 'follow the law' on virus orders
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest wants Gov. Roy Cooper to “simply follow the law" and get formal support of his COVID-19 executive orders from other elected officials, Forest's attorney wrote…
7 seek to follow Lewis in House, but long-term prospects dim
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia special congressional election for a successor to the late John Lewis is likely to produce someone who will hold the seat only for a short time, possibly only weeks.
House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for documents on Biden's son
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Arkansas governor OKs no-contact prep football practice
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson authorized high school football teams to begin no-contact practice with helmets next week as confirmed coronavirus cases topped 42,000 in the state.