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Sheriff candidates clash over leadership, lawsuit and confidence vote at GOP debate
MOSES LAKE — Leadership, accountability and trust within the Grant County Sheriff's Office took center stage Sept.…
Alaska House adjourns after ratifying relief aid plans
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House abruptly adjourned Tuesday after ratifying plans for using more than $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief aid, one day after reconvening to take up the issue.
Grant will help Tennessee recruit hospital psychiatrists
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has received $200,000 to recruit physicians to the state’s regional mental health hospitals, according to a news releas…
Corrections officials help county battle jail COVID outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State corrections officials are helping a southern Oklahoma county battle an outbreak of COVID-19 in the county’s jail, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Tuesday.
Michigan mails absentee ballot applications to all voters
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state has spent $4.5 million to mail absentee ballot applications to all 7.7 million registered voters ahead of the August primary and November general election in Michigan, a crucial pres…
GOP Senate hopeful in ad blasts foe for anti-Trump remarks
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A Republican U.S. Senate hopeful in New Mexico is blasting one of her opponents in a new ad over his previous critical comments about President Donald Trump.
'Cowboys for Trump' leader chided for 'dead Democrat' remark
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The founder of the group Cowboys for Trump and a New Mexico county commissioner is facing calls to resign after he said in a video, “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”
New Mexico's Medicaid enrollment rises during pandemic
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health insurance regulators say statewide enrollment in Medicaid is on the rise as businesses shed workers in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Alaska to lift most virus restrictions as of Friday
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will lift most restrictions put into place because of the coronavirus as of Friday.
San Diego wants state officials to allow speedier reopening
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With encouraging results in the fight against the coronavirus, San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday to ask the state to allow California’s second-most populous county to be a test case for mo…
Oklahoma governor signs bill to prevent firearm confiscation
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law on Tuesday legislation to prevent local municipalities from implementing so-called red flag laws.
Tourists, high-end shoppers slowly returning to Rodeo Drive
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Maseratis, the Rolls-Royces and the Mercedes-Benzes were back on Rodeo Drive on Tuesday — along with a few high-end buyers — as America's most fashionable shopping street slowly got…
Corrections officials help county battle jail COVID outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State corrections officials are helping a southern Oklahoma county battle an outbreak of COVID-19 in the county’s jail, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Tuesday.
Michigan mails absentee ballot applications to all voters
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state has spent $4.5 million to mail absentee ballot applications to all 7.7 million registered voters ahead of the August primary and November general election in Michigan, a crucial pres…
Delaware governor under fire for coronavirus restrictions
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Carney on Tuesday announced a further loosening of his coronavirus restrictions on Delaware businesses, but Republican lawmakers are claiming that Carney is moving too slowly…
Federal judge orders expansion of mail-in voting in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday ordered Texas to allow any of the state's 16 million voters to cast a ballot by mail over fears of the coronavirus, paving the way for what would be one of the most dram…