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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…
N. Carolina Medicaid bill delays managed care until mid-2021
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Medicaid program wouldn't shift most of its patients to managed care for another year under a funding measure given tentative approval on Tuesday by the state Senate.
Bipartisan caucus seeks expanded nursing home virus review
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers gave Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont a list of issues Tuesday to be reviewed in an upcoming, independent third-party investigation into the preparation a…
New Mexico courts set deadline for ending cases before trial
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new order issued in response to the coronavirus outbreak requires that criminal plea agreements and civil settlements agreements be filed in New Mexico's state court system at least five day…
Kentucky Mountain Parkway expansion draws $55M federal grant
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been awarded a $55.15 million federal grant to widen 11 miles of the Mountain Parkway, officials said.
Airman charged with murder of federal officer at courthouse
In an eight-day span, an Air Force sergeant fatally shot a federal security officer and wounded his partner outside a U.S. courthouse and ambushed and killed a California sheriff's deputy and injured four other off…
18 people arrested over quarantine remain jailed in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Most of the 21 people part of a group who call themselves a misunderstood, nature-loving family remained jailed Tuesday over allegedly violating Hawaii’s traveler quarantine, even after they agreed …
N.C. lawmakers push reopen bills, virus liability protection
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators on Tuesday advanced measures to allow more types of businesses shuttered under Gov. Roy Cooper's
White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has long been fond of crafting his own version of the facts. But when he said “if we stop testing right now we’d have very few cases” of coronavirus, he may have written a new…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on an AIDS vaccine that doesn't exist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seizing on a medical milestone that doesn't exist, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thinks the same scientific expertise that produced a vaccine for AIDS can deliver one soon for COVID-19, t…
Embattled councilwoman steps down as Las Vegas mayor pro tem
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore, facing a possible recall and under fire for racially divisive comments she reportedly made at a recent county Republican convention, stepped down as mayor…
Trump signs order on police reform, doesn't mention racism
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of
California Highway Patrol spent $38M responding to protests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol spent $38 million responding to recent widespread protests over racial injustice, state officials said Tuesday, bringing state agencies’ combined law enforcem…
McConnell 'OK' with removing Confederate names from bases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s “OK” with renaming military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate Army officers, declining to side with President Donald…
Just 18 COVID-19 deaths reported; Senate passes voting bill
BOSTON (AP) — State health officials on Tuesday reported that the number of new deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Massachusetts has fallen to fewer than 20, another signal that the state is continuing to beat back t…
North Korea says it's sending soldiers to joint border sites
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line…