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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…
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…
As pandemic surges, election officials seek poll workers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Wanted: Poll workers willing to brave a global pandemic in November.
India-Pakistan fighting in Kashmir kills 3, wounds 2
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Firing between Indian and Pakistani soldiers along the highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir has left three members of an Indian family dead and two Pakistani civilian…
N.C. elections order could mean more early voting sites
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top elections administrator on Friday ordered that counties open a minimum number of early in-person voting sites this fall as a way to buttress ballot access during
Ducey appoints 6 new members to state nominating commission
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed six new members to a state commission that nominates applicants for appointment to fill appellate court vacancies and that this year will also help fill the ranks of a p…
Unemployment falls in Montana but infections keep rising
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's unemployment rate dropped sharply in June as many businesses reopened, but the state's economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic remained on shaky ground as confirmed infection…