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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…
10 deaths hit care home, governor warns of virus 'hot spots'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday considered evacuating residents from a California nursing home after 156 people tested positive for the coronavirus and 10 died in the largest publicly reported out…
GOP Sen. Jimmy Hickey elected next leader of Arkansas Senate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Jimmy Hickey was elected Thursday as the next leader of the the Arkansas Senate.
Wolf resists calls to reopen economy, ease stay-home order
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday that he has not set any timetable for allowing nonessential businesses to reopen or people to leave their homes, insisting that Pennsylvania has not made enough pr…
200-bed surge hospital nears opening in Atlanta exhibit hall
ATLANTA (AP) — With Georgia officials still believing the state's hospitalization peak from COVID-19 is in the future, they're close to opening a 200-bed facility in a downtown Atlanta convention center.
Top Nevada GOP senator calls for coronavirus reopening plans
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s top legislative Republican called Thursday for the governor to describe plans for reopening casinos and nonessential businesses closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, …
Deaths cross 2,000 but hospitals say virus cases flattening
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Major health care providers in southeastern Michigan reported significant reductions in COVID-19 patients Thursday, while Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would work with Midwestern states on a …
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activ…
Budget office puts virus relief bill cost at $1.8 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive coronavirus relief bill passed virtually unanimously by Congress last month is estimated at costing taxpayers $1.8 trillion — slightly less than the $2.2 trillion informally projected …
Arkansas governor: Easing virus surgery limits a priority
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' governor said Thursday that reopening the state's hospitals to elective surgeries is a priority when the state prepares to ease restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coro…
'Massive' hit looms; Wyoming lawmakers eye special sessions
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers prepared Thursday to convene multiple special legislative sessions in the months ahead to allocate emergency federal funding and otherwise address what Gov. Mark Gordon warne…
Abortion opponents send bill to Kentucky governor
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky moved this week to give the state's anti-abortion attorney general authority to regulate abortion clinics, but they may have acted too late if the state's new …
US House considers proxy voting during coronavirus crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress essentially closed, House Democrats are proposing a temporary rules change during the coronavirus crisis that would allow lawmakers to vote remotely via another lawmaker physically p…
New Mexico small businesses rail against lockdown order
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Small business owners in New Mexico are pleading with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to ease some coronavirus restrictions as federal numbers Thursday showed another spike in the number of peop…
Lawyer signals delay unlikely in Wisconsin US House election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers' legal counsel signaled Thursday that the May 12 special election in northern Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District will likely go on as scheduled, a week after
White House guidelines outline phased approach to reopening for places with strong testing, decrease in COVID-19 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House guidelines outline phased approach to reopening for places with strong testing, decrease in COVID-19 cases.