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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 tempers officials' grave assessments with optimism
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general says that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief war…
Michigan lawmakers spar over emergency length, need to meet
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers plan to convene for the first time in weeks to lengthen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration amid the
South Carolina to get new, lower budget prediction
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The board that predicts how much money South Carolina will take in from taxes and fees to help set the budget is meeting Thursday.
Property tax bill in limbo with Nebraska session on pause
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers who are seeking to lower property taxes won some extra time to make a deal with opponents last month when the coronavirus pandemic brought their session to a halt, but so far…
Liberal groups: Allow extended voting in Wisconsin election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and liberal groups on Sunday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand an extended absentee voting period for Wisconsin's spring primary, an election unfolding amid public health fear…
Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push his broader agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking an old political adage to heart: Never let a crisis go to waste.
US approves major disaster declaration requested by Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. government has approved Nevada's request to declare a major disaster declaration for the state, a move that will unlock additional federal assistance for residents affected by the …
Wisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday's primary, despite public health fears about in-person voting amid the coronavirus pa…
Esper defends firing of Navy ship captain over virus warning
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the military under broad pressure to step up its
Judge for now won't release immigrants with high virus risks
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal judge declined to order the release of two people from immigration detention facilities in Maryland after their lawyers argued that they are at a high risk of death or serious il…
Island mayor battles Georgia governor over virus limitations
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A small coastal city in Georgia that thrives on tourism closed its beach, fearing carefree crowds of teenagers and college students posed too great a risk for spreading the new coronavirus. Two…
New coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tension
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite state and local limits on public gatherings, some faith leaders have persisted in holding in-person services -- a matter of religious freedom, they say, as the nation approached its fourth S…
FACT CHECK: Trump pitches drug not approved for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for
FACT CHECK: Trump pitches drug not approved for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe for their use. “Take it,” he said of the drug.
Super PAC: GOP House hopeful in New Mexico 'bashing' Trump
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A Super PAC with ties to a northern New Mexico oil trucking company owner and a Massachusetts GOP operative is attacking a Republican candidate in a crucial U.S. House race for what it calle…