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Updated 8 hours, 41 minutes ago

Baumgartner, Conroy outline their top 5th Congressional District issues

RITZVILLE — Incumbent Republican Michael Baumgartner is being challenged for his position in the U.S. House of Rep…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Missouri Senate backs tax break for long-term care savings

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate passed legislation Thursday that would provide a new tax incentive for people to save money for long-term care expenses of the chronically ill.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Review ordered of Indiana's Lake Michigan shore damage

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor has told state agencies to calculate the damage along the Lake Michigan shoreline that’s been caused by high water ahead of possibly seeking federal assistance.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Trump loyalist Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison after Justice Department backs off sentencing recommendation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump loyalist Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison after Justice Department backs off sentencing recommendation.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
California's solar mandate may not require one on every roof

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When California finalized the nation's first sweeping rooftop solar mandate for new construction last year, advocates pictured a utopia of all homes being built with solar panels, turning …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers vote to allow euthanasia

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament voted Thursday in favor of allowing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Key senator hopes to meet with schools on property tax bill

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska senator who is pushing the Legislature's main bill to lower property taxes said Thursday she hopes to reach a deal with opponents who are trying to derail it out of concern that it c…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
$100M for rural roads part of $10B budget going to SC House

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's $10 billion

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Gun control wins, marijuana loses at New Mexico Legislature

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A 30-day legislative session in New Mexico has produced bills that bolster restrictions on firearms, underwrite college tuition, shore up a pension fund for government workers and expand state…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Georgia lawmakers look to tackle surprise medical bills

ATLANTA (AP) — Legislation that would protect some patients in Georgia from surprise medical bills that can run to tens of thousands of dollars is gaining momentum at the state Capitol.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Putin hails US for helping prevent terror attack in Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed the FBI for sharing information that helped thwart a terror attack by adherents of the Islamic State group in St. Petersburg during the New Year holidays.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Polish mayor tries to make amends for other town's misstep

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish mayor is trying to make amends with a French community that broke formal ties with another Polish town because the latter adopted a declaration against “LGBT ideology.”

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Democrat Tarver formally launches Senate campaign in Georgia

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor appointed by President Barack Obama formally launched his campaign Thursday in the crowded race to take on Georgia's newest U.S. senator.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Bill to prevent sexual assault testing delays appears dead

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of sexual assault evidence kits in Wisconsin but that morphed into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Le…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Hawaii mayor seeks telescope delay as lawmakers cut funding

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County's mayor wants to delay construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope for two months or longer, while state lawmakers have approved cuts in law enforcement operations to deal with events s…