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Kriete, Gregg weigh continuity vs. change in final Q&A
EPHRATA — After four rounds of questions on leadership, public safety, accountability and the future of the Grant …
Bill requiring resources for deaf students fails in Senate
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill to require South Dakota schools to accommodate the educational needs of deaf students failed in the Senate on Wednesday, but it may be reconsidered this week.
Louisiana governor: Judge should resign after racial slurs
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards called Wednesday on a Louisiana judge to step down after she admitted to using racial slurs in angry text messages. The Democratic governor said the “state deserves bet…
President Donald Trump appoints Vice President Mike Pence to lead US response to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appoints Vice President Mike Pence to lead US response to coronavirus outbreak.
Sanders' rise fuels Dems' angst over keeping House control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' ascendancy as
The Latest: Biden not worried about Trump refusing to leave
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the
Mississippi mulls checking tax info of welfare recipients
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is moving toward more intense scrutiny of low-income people on public assistance, an action that comes as a former state welfare director and five other people have been charged wi…
Arizona House OKs limiting initiatives to one subject
PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in the Arizona House have approved a measure limiting citizen initiatives to a single subject, a move minority Democrats say will make it harder to pass comprehensive measures the majorit…
Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat President Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground s…
Fight by 2 Republicans for Georgia Senate seat unnerves GOP
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Republican congressman's decision to challenge
Sanders faces brunt of the attacks at South Carolina debate
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg’s past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate that tested the strength of the two m…
Industrial hemp bill ready for Senate vote
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota Senate committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to legalize industrial hemp.
Arkansas man charged with trying to blow up car at Pentagon
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — An Arkansas man was arrested on charges he tried to blow up a car at a Pentagon parking lot, federal officials said Tuesday.
Migrant detention center to open after conditions stir anger
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A year after asylum-seekers and other migrants overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities at the southern border, the Border Patrol is opening a processing facility in Texas that officials say c…
Sanders makes bold play to win primary on Warren’s home turf
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the South Carolina primary unfolds Saturday, Bernie Sanders won’t be hustling for last-minute votes in Charleston or courting party elders in the state capital of Columbia. Rather, he'll be inv…
Can Bernie be stopped? Some Democratic donors are trying
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nervous Democrats who never thought Bernie Sanders had a chance of winning the 2020 presidential primary are now asking the party's big-dollar donors to open their wallets to stop the self-describ…