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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…
Health officer plans to close bars in Kansas' biggest city
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A local public health official plans to close bars and restrict restaurant hours in the state's largest city and the surrounding area until after Labor Day because of a surge in reported coronav…
California allowing kids in classrooms — for day care
While most California school districts are planning only virtual instruction to start the academic year, some are offering child care programs that will bring students into the same buildings that are off-limits fo…
Apology demanded from GOP lawmaker for Ocasio-Cortez remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused a Republican colleague on Tuesday of angrily harassing her outside the Capitol over her progressive views in an encounter that a reporter said ended …
Republicans outline trimmed-back agenda for 2020 convention
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to be officially renominated in a shrunken Republican convention next month that's been truncated to four hours in Charlotte, North Carolina, before the GOP show move…
Rising virus cases draw concern over student, voter safety
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Curbing the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina's voting booths and school classrooms this fall remains up to local officials, even as infection numbers continue to climb across the state.
Biden launches wide battleground push with ads, surrogates
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising and deploying some of its high-profile surrogates as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving him multiple paths …
Connecticut may expand absentee ballot use for Nov. election
Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday heard from voters who want to cast their ballots by absentee because they're afraid of going to the polls in November during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as from those who say …
Lawsuit: Keep Arizona pot initiative off ballot
GLENDALE, Ariz (AP) — A group opposed to legalized marijuana announced a lawsuit Tuesday against an initiative that would allow adults in Arizona to possess up to an ounce of pot.
Tennessee GOP Senate race a new test for Trump's endorsement
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s endorsement clout will get another test in the Aug. 6 open Republican U.S. Senate primary in Tennessee.
Retiring Kansas Sen. Roberts endorses Rep. Marshall for seat
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Retiring Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts declared his support Tuesday for Rep. Roger Marshall as his replacement, the latest signal that the Republican establishment is
Report: Veterans home failed to protect residents from virus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state-run veterans nursing home in Pennsylvania where 42 residents have died of COVID-19 failed to take steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, state Health Department inspectors co…
Sununu announces mask-wearing campaign, lawmakers OK mandate
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) —
Louisiana mask rule, virus restrictions extended to Aug. 7
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday that he'll keep Louisiana's mask mandate and business restrictions in place for at least two more weeks, as the number of coronavirus patients at hospitals…
Minnesota lawmakers pass police accountability package
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature passed a broad slate of police accountability measures early Tuesday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on
Too little, too late? Trump embraces masks in an about-face
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump came prepared.