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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…
Trump threatens to bypass Senate rules on nominees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing the coronavirus, Donald Trump is threatening unprecedented action — adjourning both houses of Congress — to entice the Senate to approve more of his nominees.
Loeffler's self-funding buoys her money total in Senate race
ATLANTA (AP) — Newly appointed U.S. Sen Kelly Loeffler is living up to her promise to self-fund her campaign, while the Republican's challengers raise millions in advance of a November special election.
Clarification: Virus Outbreak-California-Closing Churches
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — In a story published April 13, 2020, The Associated Press reported that Rodney Howard-Browne, a Florida-based charismatic Christian pastor who prayed over President Donald Trump in the Oval…
Louisiana K-12 school closures to continue because of virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday signed an order keeping K-12 public schools shuttered through the remainder of the academic year
National Guard testing as nursing home cases increase
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Another West Virginia nursing home reported a
Coronavirus: Hold music, noise wreck court hearing by phone
ATLANTA (AP) — It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures of the m…
Appeals court refuses to block Michigan redistricting panel
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the creation of a Michigan commission to draw seats in Congress and the Legislature after the 2020 census, denying lawsuits filed by Repub…
Powerful GOP allies propel Trump effort to reopen economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Republicans say the coronavirus shutdown cannot go on. Car-honking activists swarmed a statehouse Wednesday to protest stay-home restrictions. Capitol Hill staff are quietly drafting bills…
California lawmakers to hold hearing about virus spending
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will hold their first oversight hearing to examine how Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent more than $2 billion in taxpayer money in just one month to combat the coronavirus c…
Churches sue California governor over antivirus orders
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Three Southern California churches that want to keep their doors open during the coronavirus outbreak sued Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials on Monday, arguing that social distancing or…
Mayor: Drive-in church, with windows up, OK during pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Facing two freedom-of-religion lawsuits and pushback from the U.S. attorney general, a Mississippi mayor said Wednesday that people may attend drive-in church services during the
Arkansas lawmakers give initial approval to budget plan
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday gave initial approval to the state's budget as they near the end of the session in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
American schools may look radically different as they reopen
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — School administrators across America are trying to re-imagine classrooms — and the prospect of reopening schools — in the era of social distancing.
California allows some freshwater fishing bans over virus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators on Wednesday voted to allow temporary limits on freshwater fishing in some rural communities where local officials are concerned out-of-towners could spread the coronavirus …
California nursing home reports 154 virus cases, 8 deaths
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California nursing home has 154 cases of the coronavirus and eight residents have died in one of the largest single outbreaks in the state, it was reported Wednesday.