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Ybarra announces run for Washington Senate
QUINCY — State Representative Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, has announced his candidacy for the Washington Senate. If he…
Greek wildfires: Multinational force works to tame flare-ups
PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Mideast worked alongside their Greek colleagues in rugged terrain Wednesday, trying to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that have ravag…
#MeToo Take 2? Movement’s strength hailed amid Cuomo fallout
NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Hill educated a nation about workplace sexual harassment back in 1991 with calm, deliberate testimony against Clarence Thomas. And today, 30 years later, she speaks in the same measured tones,…
For Biden and senators, a sense that 'world was watching'
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden first announced the framework he'd reached with a bipartisan group of senators for
Arrest made in killing amid uproar over state police reforms
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington said Tuesday they have made an arrest in a teenager's fatal shooting last month, after their initial response to the case highlighted questions about the state's sweeping…
Hochul: NY gov's office won't be toxic workplace on my watch
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the sexual harassment scandal that
US turns to social media influencers to boost vaccine rates
DENVER (AP) — As a police sergeant in a rural town, Carlos Cornejo isn’t the prototypical social media influencer. But his Spanish-language Facebook page with 650,000 followers was exactly what Colorado leaders wer…
Infrastructure on track as bipartisan Senate coalition grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of fits, starts and delays, the Senate is on track to give final approval to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, with a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans prepa…
Oregon's most populous county issues indoor mask requirement
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As COVID-19 cases in Oregon surge and hospitals fill up, officials in the state's most populous county announced on Monday they are reimplementing an indoor mask mandate.
Washington mandates vaccine for state, health care workers
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Most state workers in Washington, as well as hundreds of thousands of private health care and long-term care employees, will be required to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19 by Oct. 18 or…
Kathy Hochul to be 1st female NY governor after Cuomo leaves
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As New York's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration, visiting the far-flung coffee shops and factory floors of each of the sta…
Census data spurred GOP's largest partisan edge in decades
Fresh off sweeping electoral victories a decade ago, Republican politicians used census data to draw voting districts that gave them a greater political advantage in more states than either party had in the past 50…
EXPLAINER: How cryptocurrency fits into infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — What does Bitcoin have to do with roads and bridges?
Ex-Cuomo aide details groping as lawmakers meet in private
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers took another early step toward Gov. Andrew Cuomo's possible impeachment Monday, hours after an
Top Dem sees tough pathway for $3.5T social, climate plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after clinching an initial budget victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer conceded Wednesday that Democrats face a tough pathway to delivering a package surging $3.5 trillion into fami…
Republicans take to mask wars as virus surges in red states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans are battling school districts in their own states' urban, heavily Democratic areas over whether students should be required to mask up as they head back to school — reigniting ideo…