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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.…
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.
Legislative allowances paid after Alaska lawmakers recessed
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature suspended its session in late March over coronavirus concerns, but records show one-third of lawmakers accepted a nearly $300 daily payment for three weeks beyond that —…
Key Republican rejects Evers' proposal for new pandemic rule
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A key Senate Republican demanded Friday that Gov. Tony Evers withdraw his outline for a new emergency rule to manage the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.
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.
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 …
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…
Judge dismisses suit seeking to delay Georgia election again
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit prompted by
Tennessee prisons report 4th inmate death in virus outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fourth Tennessee prison inmate has died after contracting the coronavirus, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction.
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…
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 …
AP Exclusive: Lockdown to lift in 12 Pennsylvania counties
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Another 2.6 million people across western Pennsylvania began to emerge from lockdown Friday as Gov. Tom Wolf prepared to announce that 12 more counties soon would join them in a partial easin…
Lawmakers to return in June; House to take temps, use masks
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's lawmakers say they're returning for legislative sessions in June, but meeting outside of their respective chambers at the Statehouse — the first time since the Civil War.
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.
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.
Biden says he would not pardon Trump or block investigations
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic candidate Joe Biden said that if he wins the presidency he would not use his power to pardon Donald Trump or stop any investigations of Trump and his associates.