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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.…
NE-House-2-nominated
BULLETIN (AP) — Kara Eastman, Dem, nominated U.S. House, District
Kansas lawmakers look to prevent lawsuits over coronavirus
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are joining a broader effort to shield doctors, hospitals and businesses from lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus, with business and medical groups pushing th…
Ben Sasse wins Republican Senate primary in Nebraska.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Sasse wins Republican Senate primary in Nebraska.
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7 California counties get OK to more quickly reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom moved to further ease the coronavirus choke-hold on California's economy Tuesday by allowing more businesses to reopen and following through on his promise to swiftly app…
NE-Pres-nominated
BULLETIN (AP) — Donald Trump, GOP, nominated President, Nebraska.
Trump-backed Tiffany wins Wisconsin congressional race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tom Tiffany, a state senator endorsed by President Donald Trump, easily won a special congressional election Tuesday in a heavily conservative, rural Wisconsin district, cheering Republicans ev…
Hawaii aims to work with university to train contact tracers
HONOLULU (AP) — The state Department of Health on Tuesday asked lawmakers to appropriate about $2.5 million to fund a program at the University of Hawaii that would train workers to track contacts of people who hav…
NE-House-3-nominated
BULLETIN (AP) — Adrian Smith, GOP, nominated U.S. House, District
NE-Senate-nominated
BULLETIN (AP) — Ben Sasse, GOP, nominated U.S. Senate, Nebraska.
Ex-San Francisco building commissioner charged with fraud
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former San Francisco city building commissioner has been charged with bank fraud after he allegedly pocketed $478,000 intended for city agencies, federal prosecutors announced.
California diners may be screened for virus before seated
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California wants restaurants to screen guests for symptoms, have servers wear masks and keep diners at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart under guidance released Tuesday to prevent the …
New Mexico judicial experts weigh pretrial recommendations
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A committee appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday finished hashing out recommendations for amending some of the rules that govern whether defendants can be locked up pending …
Rallygoers sue Beshear; gov says rally sent message of hate
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Protesters upset with the pace of Kentucky’s economic reopening risk accelerating the coronavirus outbreak by flouting health guidelines and send a “message of hate” by waving Confederate flag…
Pennsylvania AG opens criminal probes into nursing homes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's top prosecutor has opened criminal investigations into several nursing homes amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 2,600 residents of nursing homes and other facilities t…