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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Kansas lawmakers push limits on governor as AG doubts orders
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans lawmakers in Kansas hashed out a plan Thursday night for limiting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's power to direct the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic after the state's GOP…
Nursing home testing a massive challenge for Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania must boost its testing numbers several times over to meet Gov. Tom Wolf's goal of administering a weekly coronavirus test to well over 100,000 people in long-term care facilities…
California to spend $1.8 billion more on virus response
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom took an extra $1.8 billion from the state's dwindling coffers to pay for more protective gear and extra hospital beds to aid the state's response to the corona…
Georgia jobless rate hits all-time high at 11.9% amid virus
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia set a new all-time high for unemployment in April, with the
Michigan governor wins legal fight with lawmakers over virus
DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prevailed Thursday in a high-stakes challenge from Republican lawmakers who sued over her authority to declare emergencies and order sweeping restrictions during the coronavirus…
Governor declares emergency after big Nevada quake May 15
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Seve Sisolak has declared a state of emergency after Nevada's biggest earthquake in 65 years caused significant damage last week to three U.S. highways, including the major route connecting R…
Whitmer gives flexibility to nursing homes on virus patients
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted requirements that nursing homes establish special coronavirus units and admit from the hospital patients recovering from COVID-19, giving the facilities more flexi…
Minnesota joblessness jumps to 8.1% in 1st month of pandemic
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate for April jumped to 8.1%, a loss of nearly 360,000 jobs in the first full month that the COVID-19 pandemic hit the state, the Department of Employment and Econom…
Alaska will send oil-wealth checks early because of virus
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Checks from Alaska's oil-wealth fund will begin going out to residents three months early, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said, citing economic hardships caused by the coronavirus.
Kentucky unemployment rate surged to 15.4% in April
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's unemployment rate surged to 15.4% in April, a double-digit increase from the prior month as the coronavirus outbreak shuttered broad segments of the economy.
Former state Sen. Chuck Graham, advocate for disabled, dies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former state Sen. Chuck Graham, who became a well-known advocate for people with disabilities after losing his ability to walk when he was in a car accident as a teenager, has died.
Kentucky plans phased child-care reopenings in June
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky plans phased reopenings of child-care centers next month in what's seen as an important catalyst to help jump start an economy stagnated by the coronavirus outbreak.
Dark-money attack ad pastes swastikas on House candidate
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Who is afraid of Valerie Plame?
Georgia budget proposals would cut workers, reduce services
ATLANTA (AP) — A 14% cut in state spending in Georgia would lead to more than a thousand employees being laid off or bought out and thousands more being forced to take unpaid days off.
Colorado: Get drive-up virus testing at Denver Pepsi Center
DENVER (AP) — Colorado is opening its largest coronavirus testing center on Friday, a drive-up operation outside Denver’s Pepsi Center that initially will handle 500 tests per day.