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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.…
Lieutenant governor eyes June 15 return of Georgia lawmakers
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's lieutenant governor is saying “Not so fast” on a proposed June 11 restart date for the General Assembly.
Marsh's office: COVID-19 money won't be used for Statehouse
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Alabama Senate said Wednesday that the state’s coronavirus relief funds will not be used to build a new Statehouse, putting to rest
Law signed letting all vote absentee in SC's June primaries
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law Wednesday a bill allowing anyone to vote absentee in next month's statewide primary and runoffs.
Nursing home crisis doesn't deter a county from mutiny
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Beaver County is among the counties planning to defy Gov. Tom Wolf, advising residents that it will operate under the looser coronavirus restrictions being allowed elsewhere in Pennsylvania, …
Republican lawmakers press state on nursing home order
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday voiced concern about the safety of nursing home residents in facilities that also have people recovering from the coronavirus, questioning policies adopted by…
Some counties continue on path to defy governor's orders
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Beaver County is among the counties planning to defy Gov. Tom Wolf, advising residents that it will operate under the looser coronavirus restrictions being allowed elsewhere in Pennsylvania, …
Republicans say Iowa Legislature will resume session June 3
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature will resume its session on June 3 after a months-long break as part of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.
64K deemed ineligible stay on La. Medicaid because of virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is keeping 64,000 people in the Medicaid program who otherwise would have been kicked off the rolls, because of a federal aid requirement enacted for the
Arizona court rejects online initiative signature gathering
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to allow online signature gathering for proposed ballot measures, leading sponsors to drop an effort to restrict Arizona's school-voucher pro…
Hundreds of N.C. prisoners with COVID-19 declared recovered
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of North Carolina state prisoners with
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Bid to force interruption insurance to cover virus shelved
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers won't try to force business interruption insurance policies to cover the widespread closures caused by the
SC Senate complains about governor's emergency virus orders
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate rebuked Gov. Henry McMaster for part of his
In-person voting spikes during Wisconsin's 2nd election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A higher percentage of voters decided to cast ballots in person, rather than mailing them in absentee during the
AP Courtside: Supreme Court hangs up on phone arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has held two weeks of arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic, hearing cases about