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Homesley, Falstad share plans for growing county, auditors office
EPHRATA — As Grant County continues to grow, the county auditor's office is tasked with keeping pace with increasi…
Investigation into DNC staffers completed, not released
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An investigation into the former leaders of the local host committee for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is complete, but wont be made public.
House Democrats press ahead on paid family and medical leave
ST. PAUL, Minn, (AP) — The growing coronavirus outbreak brings new urgency to a proposal to guarantee Minnesota workers the right to paid family and medical leave, community activists and Democratic legislative lea…
Senators urge changes to reduce Missouri River flooding
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its management of…
Legislature clears Gov. Kristi Noem's revamp of riot laws
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem's proposal to revive the state's criminal and civil punishments for riots passed a final Senate vote on Thursday and will next proceed to her desk.
Compromise may open school sports to Georgia home-schoolers
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's home-schooled students would be able to participate in high school sports and extracurricular activities under a bill advancing in the state House, but only if they took at least one online…
Putin: Russia needs constitutional changes to move forward
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin told leaders of the four parties in parliament that proposed constitutional amendments are necessary to ensure Russia moves forward.
Public defenders' firings protested amid bail reform push
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The firing of two county public defenders in the Philadelphia suburbs is drawing a growing backlash, coming after their office filed a court brief that said systemic failures in cash bail pra…
Illinois man who went to Italy is state's 5th COVID-19 case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials on Thursday confirmed a fifth case of COVID-19 in Illinois, though Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried to reassure the public that the chances of a widespread outbreak of the potentially dea…
Bloomberg to fund anti-Trump operation in 6 critical states
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg is out of the Democratic presidential race, but he's not done trying to beat President Donald Trump. The billionaire businessman is funding an anti-Trump operation in six ba…
Backers appeal 4-way split of voting proposal to high court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of an effort aimed at updating Ohio's voting laws appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, alleging the state ballot board misinterpreted the state's single subject rule when it…
45 Nebraska prisoners released too early because of mix-up
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's prisons released 45 inmates earlier than they should have because state officials failed to apply disciplinary sanctions to their sentences that would have kept them behind bars long…
Bids nixed, SC Senate, House differ on state utility future
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have rejected all bids to buy or manage state-owned utility Santee Cooper and the state House and Senate appear to disagree on what to do next.
Evers signs bill creating 12 new circuit court branches
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Thursday that creates 12 new circuit court branches in Wisconsin over the next three years, a move designed to help address backlogs.
Warren ends presidential campaign, centering race on 2 men
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren ended her once-promising presidential campaign on Thursday after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the 18 states that have voted so far. While the Massachusetts …
Louisiana borrows $350M for state-financed construction work
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana borrowed $350 million on Thursday to keep money flowing to state-financed construction projects.