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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.…
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.
New Mexico sewage treatment plant gets odor control tech
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than $15 million has been spent on new odor control technology at a sewage treatment plant that serves New Mexico’s most populated area.
Colorado still paying out record unemployment benefits
DENVER (AP) — Unemployment claims in Colorado edged down for a fourth consecutive week last week, but the state is still paying record jobless benefits as it struggles to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, offic…
New Mexico OKs more businesses to open, mandates masks
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is giving the green light for nonessential businesses including retailers and many services to reopen on Saturday at limited capacity, while ordering that face masks be worn in publ…
Wolf to ease restrictions elsewhere, but still has concerns
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will announce Friday that more counties can see some of his tightest pandemic restrictions lifted, as counties and lawmakers kept up pressure on him to ease up on his orders.
Missouri lawmakers send new redistricting proposal to voters
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday sent a ballot proposal to voters asking them to reconsider their earlier backing of a redistricting system that stresses fairness and competit…
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.
Utah governor to relax coronavirus rules in much of state
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will further relax coronavirus-related restrictions across much of the state, allowing team sports to resume, pools to open and groups of up to 50 people to gather, Gov. Gary Herbert said…
Senate OKs virus relief bill; nursing home order questioned
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Legislature on Wednesday began authorizing the state to spend half a billion dollars of federal coronavirus relief funding, while majority Republicans voiced concern about the safet…
New bid to stop Nevada mail-in voting says virus threat gone
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A conservative voting rights group that lost an earlier bid to block next month’s mail-in primary election in Nevada says the normal election rules and polling places for in-person voting should b…
After phone calls, W.Va. governor again widens reopening
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The path to reopening in West Virginia runs through the phone.
Prison workers get free testing; gear going to nursing homes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government is offering widespread testing or protective equipment to workers in two of the more vulnerable living settings for COVID-19 outbreaks.
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.
Arizona commissioner Boyd Dunn disqualified from ballot
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld a decision to remove Corporation Commissioner Boyd Dunn from the Republican Party primary ballot after one of his campaign workers told the court she had forged s…
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…