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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…
Pennsylvania to cover cost of stamps for ballots 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…
Wisconsin Republicans 'stand ready' to kill mask requirement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Republicans “stand ready” to strike down the statewide mask mandate that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced on Thursday, the GOP Senate leader said Friday.
Supreme Court weighs New Mexico restrictions on restaurants
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The administration of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is defending before the state Supreme Court its decision to ban indoor restaurant service as a reasonable precaution against the co…
Democrats' primary focus: 6th Congressional District
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona voters go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in primary races for nine seats in the U.S. House, but much of the attention will be on the Democratic primary in 6th Congressional Dist…
Conservatives take up death of Black man who supported Trump
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooting death in broad daylight of a Black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighborhood as “The Ras” appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wi…
Groups seek mail-in voting applications translated in Khmer
BOSTON (AP) — Cambodian and civil rights groups are calling on Massachusetts to issue mail-in voting applications translated into the Khmer language.
Michigan high court won't hear absentee ballot deadline case
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A split Michigan Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a case that sought to extend the state's deadline to receive absentee ballots — a decision that left one dissenting justice “baffled a…
With time extension stalled, Census speeds up count schedule
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau sped up the timetable for crunching 2020 census numbers on Friday after an earlier request for an extension stalled in the Senate and as pressure mounts to turn in data u…
2 suits target Ohio voting procedures ahead of 2020 election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voting rights groups and Democrats filed separate lawsuits in Ohio on Friday that the parties said were aimed at making voting easier in the battleground state this November amid the coronavir…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts Biden's position on fracking
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump is routinely distorting Democratic rival Joe Biden's policy on fracking as he tries to transform it into a full-scale “disaster” for election battlegrounds.
Salango pushes for 5 debates with Justice before election
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Ben Salango wants to debate.
Rep. Greg Pence criticized for racist items sold at his mall
EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Greg Pence is coming under criticism for allowing the sale of objects with racist depictions of African Americans at a sprawling antiques mall he co-owns — and the issue has taken o…
Watchdog group: Trump campaign improperly masking payments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s reelection effort allegedly hid nearly $170 million in spending from mandatory public disclosure by routing payments through companies tied to his former campaign manager,…
Doctors try pressurized oxygen chambers in COVID fight
As a New York University medical researcher who works once a week in an emergency room, Dr. David Lee had the luxury of time to think like a scientist while also treating coronavirus patients whose lungs kept givin…
UK goes to Supreme Court to fight return of IS bride
LONDON (AP) — The British government is going to the U.K.'s Supreme Court to challenge the return of a woman who ran away from home as a teenager in London to join the Islamic State group.