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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.…
California city declared a 'sanctuary' from stay-home order
More parks and hiking trails welcomed visitors again Saturday and one city declared itself a “sanctuary” from California's stay-at-home order as the state's diverse regions carve their own path toward reopening.
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Ivey administration inches forward on plan to lease prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration inched forward with a plan to lease three mega-prisons built by private companies as the Department of Corrections on Friday opened bids from two compa…
2020 session will go down as one of Minnesota's strangest
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The 2020 session of the Minnesota Legislature will go down as one of its strangest. Work ground to a halt while lawmakers figured out how to conduct the people's business during the coronavirus p…
Alabama Gov. Ivey: COVID-19 threat remains, take precautions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday urged state residents to be “smart and vigilant “about the continuing threat of
Legislature passes bills to boost Medicaid funding
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval Friday to two separate measures designed to boost funding for the state's Medicaid program.
Michigan projects 'staggering' drop in tax revenues
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will confront multibillion-dollar declines in tax revenue combined with record-high enrollment in government health insurance programs — a double whammy from the coronavirus pandemic …
Edwards' budget proposal uses federal aid to avoid deep cuts
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' proposal to close
Nevada Rep. Horsford acknowledges he had extramarital affair
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada on Saturday acknowledged he had an extramarital affair with a woman who said the on-and-off relationship began in 2009 before ending last September.
Tourists enter reopened Grand Canyon despite virus concerns
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists appeared ready to roam Grand Canyon National Park again after it partially reopened Friday, despite objections from Navajo officials and others that it could hurt e…
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Arizona Corporation Commission ballot down to 2 Republicans
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has disqualified Kim Owens from the Corporation Commission primary ballot, leaving only two Republicans in a race to fill three seats.
Top bills OK'd by Missouri lawmakers in final session hours
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers rushed to pass as many bills as possible on the final day of the session Friday, after they took several weeks off work because of the coronavirus.
Texas justices block plan to allow mail vote for virus fears
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower-court order that had allowed residents to vote by mail if they cite concerns about catching the coronavirus at polling places.
Patient testing for virus in N. Carolina to expand greatly
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials greatly expanded the scope of