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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.…
Wisconsin officials mull November absentee voting changes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials are working on new tracking technology for absentee ballots and considering a host of other changes to improve the state's vote-by-mail process ahead of the November preside…
Exodus from Wisconsin Senate continues with GOP retirement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The exodus in the Wisconsin Senate continued Tuesday with one of its most conservative members announcing he will not seek reelection, bringing to at least seven the number of incumbents who wi…
Absentee voting catches on in New Mexico for June 2 primary
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is embracing absentee balloting like never before in advance of the state's June 2 primary.
Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations jump to new high
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has reported 17 more deaths from COVID-19 and 665 new confirmed cases as the number of people hospitalized with the disease grows.
Pennsylvania virus deaths pass 4,600; daily cases below 1K
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is reporting fewer than 1,000 new cases from the coronavirus for the ninth straight day, even as the state Department of Health reported Tuesday another virus-related 119 deaths …
Agency: US provides $150.1M to Arizona for COVID-19 testing
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government is providing $150.1 million of new funding to Arizona to support testing for COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
Walz signs bill aiding MInnesota farmers facing foreclosure
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —
Walz names Hennepin County Judge Gaitas to Court of Appeals
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Hennepin County District Judge Theodora Gaïtas to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Michigan to mail 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…
Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Democratic Party leadership gave up trying to cancel the state’s June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus pand…
Regulators sat on complaint as outbreak at Iowa plant grew
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Safety regulators declined to inspect an Iowa pork plant despite a complaint alleging workers were exposed to the coronavirus in crowded conditions — a decision that critics said allowed a bu…
California lawmakers balk at Newsom $2.9 B spending request
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are balking at a request from Gov. Gavin Newsom to let him spend another $2.9 billion on coronavirus-related expenses with little oversight.
Sheriff switches endorsement in nasty GOP US House race
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — An influential sheriff has switched his endorsement in an increasingly nasty Republican primary race for crucial U.S. House race in southern New Mexico.
Louisiana checking virus outbreaks at crawfish farms
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana resumed the release Monday of detailed information on coronavirus infections in nursing homes, and officials announced investigations of outbreaks among workers at three crawfish farms …
Alaska lawmakers reconvene with virus screening protocols
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature reconvened Monday for the first time since recessing in late March over coronavirus concerns, with new screening protocols aimed guarding against the virus.