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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.…
$595M in relief money announced; lawmakers to return in June
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — More money will be available for New Hampshire’s small businesses and nonprofits in federal coronavirus relief funds than recommended by a legislative advisory board, with a total amount of $59…
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 …
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 …
Some local governments in Wisconsin drop stay-at-home orders
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some local health officials in Wisconsin rescinded their stay-at-home orders Friday after attorneys warned they could be vulnerable to legal challenges after the state Supreme Court wiped out G…
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N.C. Rep. Womble, champion for sterilization victims, dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former state Rep. Larry Womble, an educator who championed the cause of compensating North Carolina's sterilization victims from the 20th century, has died at age 78.
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.
Rape claim against governor campaign worker settles for $1M
A lawsuit brought by a state employee alleging that a fellow worker on the campaign of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy raped her has been settled for $1 million, her lawyers said Friday, wrapping up a case that reinfor…
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…
Locals rescinding stay-at-home after legal warnings
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Local health officials across Wisconsin began rescinding their stay-at-home orders Friday after attorneys warned the mandates could be vulnerable to legal challenges after the state Supreme Cou…
Attorneys: Local stay-at-home orders on shaky legal ground
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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 …
Attorney general is unlikely underdog in Montana gov's race
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorney General Tim Fox is an unlikely political underdog after capturing more votes than any other candidate, in any race, to win a second term in Montana’s 2016 election.