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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…
Minnesota sues oil companies, institute over climate change
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute on Wednesday, alleging they deceived and defrauded Minnesotans about climate cha…
A look at Serbia-Kosovo dispute as war crimes charges filed
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An international prosecutor
With a jab at Trump, Pelosi unveils new 'Obamacare' bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flicking a dismissive jab at President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand “Obamacare," even as Trump's administration is about to file arguments in a Supr…
Senate: Send patients to new facilities - not nursing homes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan would have to create dedicated facilities for coronavirus-infected patients who are not sick enough to be hospitalized or placed in nursing homes under Senate-passed legislation bille…
Senate Democrats seek governor's felon voter order by July 4
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Democrats called Wednesday for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to quickly sign an executive order allowing felons to vote once they have completed their sentences, while voting righ…
Transportation spending, governing changes heading to Cooper
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The General Assembly gave its final approval on Wednesday to a North Carolina transportation funding and governing overhaul following a recent stinging audit and COVID-19-related revenue declin…
About 6,700 Nevada primary ballots rejected over signatures
LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 6,700 ballots were not counted in this month's Nevada the primary election after officials could not match signatures on the ballots, according to the Nevada Secretary of State's Office.
Maryland official outlines work to cut unemployment backlog
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's labor department had a backlog of more than 34,000 pending unemployment claims as of last week, but the department secretary told lawmakers Wednesday the agency is making progress p…
Suit: Kansas official must disclose uncounted ballot names
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The top election official in Kansas violated the state's open records law by refusing to release the names of people who cast provisional ballots or say whether their votes were counted, a…
Trump and Poland discuss US troops on NATO's eastern flank
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed Poland's president to the White House on Wednesday, with a U.S. decision to send more American troops to Poland to bolster NATO’s eastern flank against Russian aggr…
Nominee to be CIA watchdog says he'll stand up to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee to be the CIA's chief watchdog is pledging independence, saying he will perform his role “in an unbiased and impartial manner, free of undue or inappropriate influ…
Georgia lawmakers approve more generous jobless benefits
ATLANTA (AP) — Workers in Georgia would be allowed to earn several hundred dollars more a week while keeping their full unemployment benefits under a bill that passed the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Kosovo president, 9 others indicted on war crimes charges
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted Wednesday on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an internat…
Georgia lawmakers move to tax vaping, nix higher tobacco tax
ATLANTA (AP) — A bill is advancing in the Georgia House of Representatives to tax vaping products, but a key committee chairman is ruling out any increase in taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Study says US doesn't get value from WADA contribution
A U.S. government study concludes Americans don't get their money's worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress provided the World Anti-Doping Agency this year and suggests future funding be contingent on changes i…