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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…
Q&A: Questions stirred by Trump's idea of an election delay
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump has
Anti-Trump group ad supports Gross for Alaska US Senate seat
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An outside group focused on defeating President Donald Trump in November and “Trumpism” is running an ad in Alaska in support of independent Al Gross in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.
Ohio House picks GOP ex-justice to replace its ousted leader
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Thursday chose former state Supreme Court justice and current Rep. Bob Cupp to lead the Ohio House, replacing the speaker ousted hours earlier amid a scandal.
Lawmakers pick former Ohio Supreme Court justice as House speaker to replace Republican ousted amid $60M bribery probe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawmakers pick former Ohio Supreme Court justice as House speaker to replace Republican ousted amid $60M bribery probe.
Hawley draws hard line on Supreme Court nominees, abortion
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday said he’ll only vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominees who say the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide was wrong.
California court: public employees can't 'spike' pensions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's public employees can't pad their pensions by working extra hours and cashing out unused vacation and sick leave just before retiring, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling …
NJ bills make Juneteenth holiday, abolish freeholder title
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers passed two bills Thursday aimed at addressing racial injustice, one making Juneteenth a state holiday and another abolishing the county-level title of freeholder, which spo…
NY removes climate change bond from 2020 ballot — for now
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's governor says the state's economy is too “murky” to move ahead with his sweeping proposal to address climate change by borrowing $3 billion to fund environmental restoration projects …
GOP US Senate hopeful Ronchetti rebuffs election delay idea
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A GOP U.S. senatorial candidate in New Mexico is joining top Republicans in Congress in rebuffing President Donald Trump’s suggestions the 2020 elections be delayed.
DOT: Top executive's departure unrelated to treasurer's call
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A top executive's departure from the North Carolina Department of Transportation has nothing to do with state Treasurer Dale Folwell's call earlier this month to replace him, a DOT spokesperson…
Republicans rebuff Trump's suggestion to delay 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s
GOP Arizona Rep. Schweikert pays fine to settle ethics case
GLENDALE, Ariz, (AP) —
FBI: Review of surveillance applications found minor errors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Thursday that it found mostly minor errors during a review of more than two dozen applications for national security surveillance warrants, suggesting the problems were less serious t…
Former GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain dies of COVID-19
ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from th…
Trump nominee hearing pulled after furor over Islam remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee abruptly canceled a confirmation hearing Thursday on a controversial former general's nomination to a top Pentagon post after a furor over offensive remarks he made about Islam …