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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 conservatives feel 'snookered' by court justice
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The euphoria that Wisconsin Republicans felt after winning yet another major political battle in the state Supreme Court this week is being dampened by a scathing dissent written by one of the …
Some Arizona casinos reopening as stay-at-home order expires
PHOENIX (AP) — Several Arizona casinos were partially reopening Friday with new sanitizing protocols and social distancing measures about two months after they closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus-related aid tops Wyoming special-session agenda
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A handful of legislators met in person at the Wyoming Capitol and the rest by computer video Friday for a special session to address the coronavirus pandemic and its growing economic toll.
Navy hospital ship for non-virus patients to leave LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Navy hospital ship temporarily docked in Los Angeles Harbor to help during the coronavirus crisis will depart on Friday, California officials said.
GOP House hopefuls in New Mexico tout Trump love in debates
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Republican candidates in a crucial U.S. House race in southern New Mexico are touting in recent debates their love of President Donald Trump and popular Republican themes around gun rights, …
Curtis Sittenfeld's `Rodham' imagines a different `Hillary'
NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past few years, author Curtis Sittenfeld has gotten to know Hillary Clinton in a way uniquely suited for a novelist — by writing a work of fiction about her.
Officials in Illinois and Missouri at odds over virus aid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some elected officials in Missouri and neighboring Illinois were at odds Friday as Congress considered additional aid to states because of the coronavirus.
Court rejects lawsuit to delay mail-in ballot deadline
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force Pennsylvania elections officials to accept absentee or mail-in ballots as long as they are received within a week after …
Whitmer hopes schools can reopen, forms advisory council
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday that it is her “hope” that K-12 schools can reopen for in-person instruction in the fall and created an advisory council to develop a road map on when it is s…
Appeals judges seem apt to let presidential primary proceed
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal appeals court judges seemed inclined during oral arguments Friday to let New York’s Democratic presidential primary proceed next month despite state claims that it could threaten the safety …
Pandemic restrictions to ease in 12 Pennsylvania counties
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Another 2.6 million people across western Pennsylvania began to emerge from pandemic restrictions Friday as Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 12 more counties soon will join them in a partial easi…
Oklahoma House OKs bill to strip power from local officials
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House narrowly approved a bill on Thursday to strip some power during health emergencies from mayors and other local officials.
Billions in cuts proposed as California revenue plunges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed $14 billion in budget cuts on Thursday because of the coronavirus, with more than half coming at the expense of public schools already struggling to e…
Missouri lawmakers rush in final hours of 2020 session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have only hours left to pass bills before their 6 p.m. Friday deadline after an unprecedented 2020 session stunted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Walz picks Worthington Judge Gordon Moore for Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tom Walz used his first appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday to elevate Gordon Moore, a district judge from southwestern Minnesota, to replace the retiring Associate Justice …