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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…
Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the cor…
New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead.
Wisconsin court rules that primary can proceed on Tuesday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will likely face a choice on Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds duri…
California governor sticking with mid-May as COVID-19 peak
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom is sticking with a mid-May projection for when the COVID-19 outbreak will reach its peak in California, continuing efforts to stockpile hospital beds and protective gear …
Trump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he had a “really wonderful, warm conversation” with Joe Biden on Monday about the
SC governor adds criminal penalties to COVID-19 orders
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor on Monday issued what he called a work-to-home order, adding fines and possible jail time to keep residents away from each other and from catching
Missouri budget chief blames huge revenue drop on virus
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — As Missouri lawmakers prepare to consider emergency funding in response to the coronavirus crisis, the state's budget director on Monday offered more evidence of the pandemic's toll on the econ…
Ohio, Oklahoma courts rule abortions can continue amid virus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Court decisions in two U.S. states Monday allowed abortions to continue after the procedure was caught in the crosshairs of governors' orders suspending all non-essential elective surgeries du…
Louisiana governor: State may be turning the corner on virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as the coronavirus pandemic claimed a newborn baby in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday the latest COVID-19 hospital admission and death rates could suggest new infections ar…
US travelers wait days to leave cruise ship with virus cases
MIAMI (AP) — Dozens of Americans aboard a cruise ship that docked last weekend in Miami with coronavirus cases still waited Monday to disembark, delayed by new federal rules requiring cruise companies to bring them…
Polish parliament approves election only by postal vote
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers voted late Monday to conduct the country's forthcoming presidential elections exclusively through postal voting due to the lockdown imposed for the coronavirus pandemic.
Two Nevada tribes order mandatory COVID-19 curfews, fines
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two northern Nevada tribes have become the first governmental entities in the state to order mandatory curfews punishable by fines and potential jail time for repeat offenders in response to the s…
Atlanta: Mass virus tests begin in Georgia Tech parking deck
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia motorists were told to keep their windows rolled up as their cars lined up at a mass drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 that opened Monday in a parking deck at the Georgia Institute of Tech…
New Mexico lawmaker: Special session and tough choices ahead
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s finances have been hit by a double-whammy with the pandemic and an oil-price crash, but one of the state's most influential lawmakers said Monday that decisions made during the…
Coroner: Newborn baby's death in Louisiana linked to virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic claimed its youngest victim yet in Louisiana on Monday — a baby born prematurely after her mother contracted the disease and was put on a ventilator.