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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…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's alternate reality on COVID-19 threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the COVID-19 threat.
Democrat Leger Fernandez has big money edge in US House race
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez has a massive money edge over a poorly funded Republican opponent going into a general election for an open U.S. House seat in northern New Mexico.
Nevada passes cuts to health care, education amid pandemic
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Legislature approved immense cuts to the state's health and education budgets on Sunday in an effort to rebalance the state budget amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and plumm…
Gov. Steve Sisolak: No second special session for now
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced he no longer plans to keep lawmakers in the state capital for a second special legislative session to address criminal justice and coronavirus-related co…
Assembly passes cuts to health care, education amid pandemic
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Assembly approved immense cuts to the state's health and education budgets on Sunday in an effort to rebalance the state budget amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and plummeti…
Arkansas governor: Masks 'shouldn’t be about politics'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that wearing masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus shouldn’t be about politics.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump bending facts on virus, Biden, economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a top government expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and again insisted that America…
Analysis: Mask mandate marks latest Edwards, Landry quarrel
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The timing seemed strange for Attorney General Jeff Landry to challenge Louisiana’s recently enacted mask mandate for the coronavirus outbreak, while he was in quarantine with the virus hims…
Mayor concedes Los Angeles reopened too soon as virus surges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayor Eric Garcetti conceded Sunday that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was “on the brink” of new shutdown orders as the coronavirus continues to surge in Califor…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's bends facts on virus, Biden, economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a top government expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and again insisted that America…
Republican Clemmons resigns from SC House after 17 years
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A Republican lawyer in the South Carolina House for more than 17 years is resigning so he can dedicate more time on his business.
How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gregory Arnold walked into the warden’s office April 1 as the novel coronavirus ripped through one of the largest immigration detention centers in the United States. Waiting with about 40 guards to…
Arizona's rugged individualism poses barrier to mask rules
PHOENIX (AP) — With the coronavirus spreading out of control and Arizona cities beginning just last month to require residents wear masks in public, a few hundred people gathered in Scottsdale to make clear they di…
Absentee voting smooth in Maine, but big test is November
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Town clerks and state officials in Maine are turning their eyes toward November after a dress rehearsal that proved the state can run an election that relies much more heavily on absentee bal…
Taxes still top focus as Nebraska lawmakers resume session
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers will return to their legislative session Monday for the first time in almost four months with most of the same challenges they faced back in March, plus new questions about how…