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Grant County Republican Party to stage debate in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Grant County voters will have an opportunity this evening to hear directly from candidates seeking two o…
Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A group of elected officials in southwest Virginia violated the state's open government law during meetings about dissolving a public library system, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursda…
Trump ally Stone won't need to go to prison quarantine site
WASHINGTON (AP) — By the end of June, he’ll be Inmate No. 19579-104.
Governor forcefully defends his virus-related actions
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear forcefully defended his coronavirus-related restrictions Thursday, saying they spared Kentucky from a more devastating outbreak and now have the state primed to move ahead wi…
Nearly 500,000 people in Colorado have sought unemployment
DENVER (AP) — Nearly half a million people in Colorado have filed for state and federal unemployment benefits since the coronavirus pandemic hit in mid-March, double the number seen during the Great Recession, stat…
New director for Arizona Department of Economic Security
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Economic Security has a new director.
Prison infirmary quarantined after COVID-19 cases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections reported Thursday that two more inmates and several more employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Flood of mail-in ballots spurs fight to change deadlines
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some county and state officials are warning that a flood of mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania -- fueled by fears of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic -- will create problems in…
California politicians won't get 1st pay raise in years
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers and other top elected officials won't be getting a pay increase for the first time in five years as the state faces a major budget deficit and mass unemployment …
San Francisco OKs shopping, worship, sports as of June 15
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will allow outdoor dining and indoor shopping, religious services and sporting events without spectators as of June 15 and give barbershops and hair salons permission to reopen in…
Chinese grad students may be next hit by US-China tensions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration may soon expel thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities and impose other sanctions against Chinese officials in the latest signs of tensions be…
Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's death
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the kind of personal statement expected from a president in response to the disturbing video of a black man gasping for help as a white policeman pinned him to the street by the neck. But i…
N.C. ballot access rule changes for pandemic OK'd by House
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Temporary and permanent changes to mail-in absentee ballot rules in North Carolina and funds to improve safety at in-person voting sites this year during the
Ducey: Schools will reopen in fall, youth sports can resume
PHOENIX (AP) — Youth sports and summer day camps can resume, and schools will reopen in the fall following closures because of the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Thursday.
Both businesses and customers conflicted as DC reopens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Friday, a tiny slice of pre-pandemic normality starts returning to the nation's capital as a three-month old coronavirus stay-home order is replaced by the first phase of a reopening plan.
Legislature sends bills on virus aid, $25B budget to Wolf
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A piecemeal, no-new-taxes $25.8 billion budget headed to Gov. Tom Wolf's desk Thursday, as did legislation to distribute about $2.6 billion in emergency federal coronavirus aid to counties, n…