Michigan group is short signatures to ban abortion method

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot group failed to collect enough petition signatures to put veto-proof legislation before the Republican-led Michigan Legislature that would prohibit a common second-trimester abortion …

Judge nixes North Dakota group's call for online signatures

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge said Monday he will not waive North Dakota's ban on electronic signature gathering for a group attempting to get a wide-ranging measure on the November ballot.

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Child care rules tweaked; app helps ensure safe meetings

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has changed some of the rules for reopening child-care centers and summer camps after operators complained that the guidelines would be too onerous.

Federal judge says Alabama can't forbid curbside voting

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge said Alabama cannot prohibit local officials from offering curbside voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and loosened restrictions on absentee ballots in three Alabama countie…

Pennsylvania sees 3rd straight day of under 400 infections

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has recorded a third straight day of under 400 new positive coronavirus tests, according to Department of Health data Tuesday, the longest such stretch since new cases began regu…

Value of police body cameras limited by lack of transparency

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Grimes endorses Booker in Democratic Senate race in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Charles Booker won a key endorsement Tuesday from former statewide officeholder Alison Lundergan Grimes in a new sign of momentum for his upstart bid for his party’s nomination to ch…

Republican lawmakers OK 4 settlements under lame-duck laws

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee signed off on four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws in a whirlwind meeting Tuesday.

21 detained during peaceful protest outside state Capitol

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has announced that troopers detained more than 20 people at the state Capitol during a peaceful protest.

Armenian parliament sanctions opposition leader's arrest

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The Armenian parliament voted Tuesday to strip the leader of an opposition party of his immunity as a lawmaker and to allow his arrest on tax evasion charges.

Ex-House speaker, a gas industry ally, joins gas utility

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A day after leaving his post as speaker of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, Mike Turzai has become general counsel for the Pittsburgh-based natural gas division of Essential Utilities…

Liberal groups warn Biden could lose over policing policies

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign criticizing his police reform proposals and warning that if he does…

House skips Senate bills in tussle over hate crime penalties

ATLANTA (AP) — A top lieutenant of Georgia's House speaker is signalling that the lower chamber may blockade Senate bills unless the Senate acts on a bill to increase state criminal penalties on hate crimes.

New Mexico may require independent probes of police violence

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading Republican legislators in New Mexico say they won’t stand in the way of initiatives to require police body cameras and prohibit chokeholds.