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Soap Lake looking to seat salary commission
SOAP LAKE — The City of Soap Lake is seeking residents to serve on its newly reactivated Salary Commission, a citi…
Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despi…
AP FACT CHECK: No, Pelosi is not out to arrest mask refusers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the House Republican leadership is spreading a false accusation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is out to get people arrested if they refuse to wear a mask inside the premises.
Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a
$1 trillion infrastructure plan clears another Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate further advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the …
EXPLAINER: Washington tenants get modified eviction reprieve
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the …
Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election
GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be
Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns
HONOLULU (AP) — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
Texas audit proposed by GOP would miss minor but real errors
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Republicans wants to audit the 2020 election results in just the large, mostly Democratic counties across the state. If they get their way, they'll miss many of the real — but …
Evictions expected to spike as federal moratorium ends
BOSTON (AP) — Evictions, which have mostly been on pause during the pandemic, are expected to ramp up on Monday after the expiration of a federal moratorium as housing courts take up more cases and tenants are lock…
Pelosi, Democrats call on Biden to extend eviction ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leaders on Sunday called on the Biden administration to immediately extend
It's in - and big: Senators produce $1T infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly
Will Trump be spoiler as California GOP seeks Newsom recall?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California could witness a stunning turnabout in a nation of deeply polarized politics if the liberal state dumps Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and elects a Republican to fill his job in a Septemb…
Still waiting, Senate grinds away on $1T infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote on a
Schumer: Vote on infrastructure bill could come within days
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill could be held “in a matter of days,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday, as negotiators scrambled to finish writing the leg…
Anger mounts as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anger and frustration mounted in Congress over the weekend as a