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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…
San Francisco permit expediter charged in corruption probe
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An influential San Francisco contractor and permit expediter is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a public corruption case centering around a former public works director, feder…
Louisiana Senate seeks to block pay raises for state workers
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana senators Wednesday unveiled their $33 billion-plus operating budget recommendation, which would prohibit millions in pay raises planned for state workers and account for millions i…
Mexican president's plan to meet with Trump draws criticism
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he plans to travel to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump, an announcement that was met with a storm of criticism in Mexico…
New Mexico cases near 11,000 as vets call for posts to open
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The statewide total of COVID-19 infections in New Mexico neared 11,000 on Wednesday as health officials reported an additional 156 positive tests and four more deaths.
GOP attorneys general back police amid congressional debate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven GOP attorneys general weighed in this week on the congressional debate over policing amid the national push to stop racial bias in law enforcement.
US supports legal challenge to Hawaii traveler quarantine
HONOLULU (AP) — A quarantine imposed on travelers arriving to Hawaii discriminates against out-of-state residents, the U.S. Department of Justice said in support of a lawsuit challenging the mandate meant to protec…
Delaware lawmakers given final approval to new budget
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware state House has given final approval to a $4.5 billion operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Tensions erupt in Louisiana House in debate about policing
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An effort to review police tactics and curtail the use of excessive force after the death of George Floyd sparked renewed tensions Wednesday in the Louisiana House, where white Republicans c…
Panel calls sentence in racist threat 'abuse of discretion'
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California appeals panel has rejected a court-offered plea deal for a man charged with making racist threats against a pregnant African American woman.
DeSantis signs bill for $500 million in teacher raises
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday to raise the minimum teacher salary to $47,500 and provide other raises at a cost of $500 million despite state revenue plummeti…
SC sets new COVID-19 case record; $1.2B federal money spent
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have approved spending about $1.2 billion in federal relief money to handle
Trump signs memo to aid US lobster industry
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is directing the Department of Agriculture to provide U.S. lobster fishermen with financial assistance to make up for lost income from Chinese tariffs.
Trump: Poland to get some US troops withdrawn from Germany
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that some of the 10,000 American troops he’s pulling out of Germany will be moved to Poland on NATO’s eastern flank against Russian aggression.
Trump's national security adviser takes aim at China
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned China on Wednesday that the United States is waking up to the threat that it believes the Chinese Communist Party poses “to our great way of …
Florida Dems get advantage over GOP in vote-by-mail requests
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democrats appear to have amassed a significant lead over Republicans in the number of voters seeking to vote by mail during the pandemic, creating a possible hedge against any Elect…