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In Grant County Judge debate, Bevier, Chadwick place emphasis on experience and constitutional interpretation
EPHRATA — The two candidates seeking Grant County Superior Court Judge Position 3 highlighted their legal experien…
Governor sets June election for Medicaid expansion question
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday set a June 30 election date for voters to decide whether to expand Medicaid health coverage to more Oklahomans.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 10th Add,400
Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
McSally, Sinema, Biggs to serve on recovery task force
PHOENIX (AP) — Three Arizona lawmakers are among the nearly 100 members of Congress named to a bipartisan group advising President Donald Trump on recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 7th Add,400
NORTHEAST Sestak +- Sloan +- Steinman +- Steinman +-
California's attorney general defends virus shutdowns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — What would normally be broad constitutional protections for freedoms of assembly, religion — even buying guns — may be curtailed when they endanger others during the coronavirus pandemic, …
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 9th Add,400
Wells +- Williamson +- Yang +- No Preferen +-
Detained migrant with COVID-19 forced to call in to court
HOUSTON (AP) — A detained immigrant who said he tested positive for COVID-19 was required to call in for a court hearing even after a guard said he was too weak to talk, his attorney said.
Jane Hull, first woman elected Arizona governor, dies at 84
PHOENIX (AP) — Jane Hull, Arizona's first woman elected governor and part of the “Fab Five” celebrated as the nation's first all-female elected state executive branch leadership group, has died. She was 84.
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 3rd Add,400
NORTHEAST Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +- Delaney +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 4th Add,400
Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +- Greenstein +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 1st Add,400
Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Bennet +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 2nd Add,400
Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +- Bullock +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 6th Add,400
Kraus +- Krichevsky +- Moroz +- Patrick +-
Experts worry politics will guide voters' virus precautions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Pr…
Nevada court suspends thousands of traffic warrants
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court in Nevada's largest city has decided to suspend enforcement of more than a quarter of a million traffic cases until 60 days after the governor’s stay-at-home directive is lifted.