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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…
Poles divided over holding presidential vote during pandemic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Uncertainty deepened in Poland on Friday over how and when the country can move forward with a presidential election scheduled for May amid the coronavirus pandemic.
White House moves toward promoting face masks to fight virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear
Senate Democratic leader Shilling won't seek re-election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of Wisconsin's state Senate Democrats announced Thursday that she won't seek re-election this fall, a setback for her party as it tries to gain ground on the chamber's Republican maj…
Memo: Some in US may not get stimulus checks until August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under
Arizona initiative backers want to gather signatures online
PHOENIX (AP) — Backers of four voter initiatives are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to let them gather qualifying signatures online now that the state is under a stay at home order and other restrictions because …
Record 311,000 file initial unemployment claims in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Claims for unemployment benefits continued to skyrocket in Michigan last week during the coronavirus pandemic, when 311,000 people filed initial applications — more than double from the previo…
Trump campaign calls Sessions 'delusional' in letter
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has sent a letter to Jeff Sessions, his former attorney general now running for a U.S. Senate seat, objecting to Sessions' portrayal of himself as a Trump s…
Arizona unemployment agency inundated with layoff claims
GLENDALE, Ariz (AP) — A tidal wave of unemployment claims triggered by mass coronavirus-related layoffs has inundated Arizona's unemployment insurance office, triggering telephone and internet filing glitches and p…
Colorado's virus-related jobless claims continue their surge
Colorado unemployment claims triggered by coronavirus-related job losses continue their surge, with last week’s initial claims roughly eight times the highest recorded during the Great Recession, officials said Thu…
Utah governor candidate names Sen. Dan McCay as running mate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gubernatorial candidate Jeff Burningham has announced he picked Republican state Sen. Dan McCay as his running mate.
Michigan virus cases clear 10,000; peak still weeks away
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Michigan is probably a month away from reaching the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, which topped more than 10,000 cases and 417 deaths in the state Thursday.
Greitens' re-emergence fuels speculation of a comeback
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has re-emerged after nearly two years out of the public eye, fueling speculation that his resignation after a tawdry scandal didn't kill his political aspirat…
Battling exhaustion and trolls, Fauci says he's OK
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Deadline looms for Pennsylvania virus-shutdown waivers
Pennsylvania businesses are running out of time if they want an exemption from Gov. Tom Wolf’s shutdown order as state health officials on Thursday reported more than 1,200 new cases of COVID-19.
States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks ago, the Pentagon promised to make as many as 2,000 military ventilators available as the federal government strains to contend with the coronavirus pandemic. As of Wednesday, less than …