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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.…
'Social distancing & sanitizing': Georgia opens early voting
ATLANTA (AP) — Wait in your car until your group is called. Stand on the painted circle so you don’t get too close to other voters in line. (Please) Wear a mask. Everything you touch will be sanitized.
GOP chair: 'We will not be holding a virtual convention'
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Monday that the party “will not be holding a virtual convention," pledging that the presidential nominating convention in late August will be conducted a…
GOP: Graduated tax 'cash grab' will stifle pandemic recovery
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republicans on Monday demanded that the General Assembly vote on
Mississippi 'safer at home' order expires amid pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves' “safer at home” order to slow the spread of the new
Alaska lawmakers reconvening with virus screening protocols
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature is set to reconvene Monday for the first time since recessing in late March over coronavirus concerns, with new screening protocols aimed guarding against the virus.
Source: Trump admin. to name new DEA head, US attorney in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. attorney who oversaw the reversal of a sentencing recommendation for Trump ally Roger Stone and the motion to dismiss charges against ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn will becom…
Louisiana governor, lawmakers at odds over surplus spending
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — House legislative leaders clashed Monday with Gov. John Bel Edwards over how to use Louisiana's $535 million budget surplus, as the state faces new budget pressures during the
New anti-virus procedures complicate early voting in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Wait in your car until your group is called. Stand on the painted circle so you don’t get too close to other voters in line. (Please) Wear a mask. Everything you touch will be sanitized.
Whitmer: Retail businesses in northern Michigan can reopen
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Restaurants, bars and other retail businesses can reopen in much of northern Michigan starting Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday — a key step for the tourism-dependent region befo…
Sweeping federal lawsuit seeks election changes in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Advocates for people with disabilities and minority voters in Wisconsin filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Monday asking a judge to order that more poll workers be hired, every voter in the state…
Mail voting, new machines feature in Pennsylvania primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The once-delayed Pennsylvania primary won't determine the presidential nominees, by now a foregone conclusion. But the voting in two weeks will feature legislative and congressional races, a …
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…
FBI: Shooter at Pensacola military base link to al-Qaida
The gunman in a deadly attack at a military base in Pensacola, Florida, last December was meticulous in his planning and had been radicalized overseas for at least five years, U.S. officials said Monday.
Official: FBI finds link between Pensacola gunman, al-Qaida
The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative, a U.S. official said Monday.
N. Carolina legislative annual session resumes after break
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina legislature is resuming its annual session, two weeks after meeting to approve a $1.6 billion package that distributed COVID-19 funds from Washington.