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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…
Officials: Pentagon eyes new way to bar Confederate flag
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense leaders, who for weeks have been tied in knots over the incendiary issue of banning the Confederate flag, are weighing a new policy that would bar its display at department facilities with…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta over the city's requirement to wear masks in public, other COVID-19 restrictions
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta over the city's requirement to wear masks in public, other COVID-19 restrictions.
Murphy signs bill allowing $10B in debt to fill budget holes
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Thursday authorizing nearly $10 billion in debt to plug budget holes that stem from the coronavirus pandemic, and Republicans sued him,…
Virginia lawmakers weigh in with unemployment concerns
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of Democratic Virginia lawmakers called for reforms at the state agency tasked with handling unemployment benefits, saying in a letter Thursday that they were concerned about its ability…
Kentucky Democratic party stalwart sentenced to prison
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan was sentenced on Thursday to 21 months in prison for making illegal contributions to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of his dau…
Assistance available to Louisiana renters affected by virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will offer $24 million in emergency rent assistance to low-income residents faced with the threat of eviction because their paychecks have taken a hit from
Ethics Committee clears Rep. Trahan in campaign finance case
BOSTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee has cleared U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan following an investigation into allegations that the Massachusetts Democrat accepted excessive campaign contributions and reported them as …
Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up his campaign leadership team, though not his own mercurial behavior.
Pennsylvania casino revenues down 18%, hammered by pandemic
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-related shutdowns in Pennsylvania, the nation's No. 2 commercial gambling state, helped knock casino revenue down by 18%, state regulators reported Thursday, and it would have been m…
Noem says budget has $19 million surplus; unemployment rises
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota ended its fiscal year with a $19 million surplus despite revenue coming up shorter than expected, Gov. Kristi Noem announced Thursday.
US High Court deals setback to Florida felon voting rights
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A divided U.S Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an appellate court's decision to temporarily block hundreds of thousands of Florida felons from voting, making it unlikely that they will be a…
Montana reports two more deaths due to COVID-19
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Health officials in Montana announced two deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, one connected to an outbreak at a nursing home in Billings and the other in Lewis and Clark County.
NJ lawmakers pass bill authorizing $10B in borrowing
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Democrat-led Legislature passed legislation Thursday authorizing Gov. Phil Murphy to borrow nearly $10 billion to plug budget holes from the coronavirus outbreak, and Republicans i…
US, Canada and Mexico borders to stay closed for travelers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., Canada and Mexico have agreed to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential traffic until at least late August because of COVID-19.
Challenger wins Democratic primary for DA in NY suburbs
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who ran as a progressive insurgent has won the Democratic primary for district attorney in the suburbs north of New York City after the incumbent conceded the r…