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County to test election process ahead of vote
EPHRATA — As Grant County prepares for the Nov. 3 General Election, local election officials are inviting the publ…
Sheriff: Probe found no abuse at Iowa lawmaker's hog farm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An investigation found no animal abuse at an Iowa state senator's hog farm despite video posted by an animal rights group that appeared to show pigs suffering, authorities said.
French town uncouples with its Polish twin over LGBT rights
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish mayor on Monday deplored the decision by a sister town in France to suspend 25-year official ties with her town because it declared itself an area “free of LGBT ideology.”
Trump attends wedding of key White House aides
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump went from the Daytona 500 on Sunday to attending the wedding of two top members of his administration, senior adviser Stephen Miller and Katie Waldman, press secretary for V…
Attorney General: Frontenac violated open records law
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The city of Frontenac violated the Kansas Open Records Act when it sought to charge a reporter $3,500 to receive public records involving a leadership shakeup in the southeast Kansas town, Attor…
Primary voters to narrow Supreme Court, 7th District fields
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Polls have closed in Wisconsin, where voters Tuesday were narrowing the field of candidates for state Supreme Court and an open congressional seat representing northern Wisconsin in primaries.
Backers of wealth tax to fund Arizona kick off effort
PHOENIX (AP) — About 200 teachers and education advocates who support a proposal to raise taxes on wealthy Arizonans to boost school funding gathered at the Capitol Monday to formally kick off a signature-gathering…
Indiana attorney general's future in question if suspended
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A prominent supporter of Indiana’s attorney general is arguing that a proposed suspension of his law license over allegations of
Top Minnesota Republican optimistic about keeping majority
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The top Republican in the Minnesota Senate said Monday that he’s optimistic about his party’s chances for maintaining and even expanding its narrow control over the Senate despite the impendi…
Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters will choose between a Republican appointee, a Madison judge and a law professor as they winnow down the candidates for a state Supreme Court seat in a primary Tuesday.
Analysis: New money puts Louisiana education groups at odds
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Digging out of a decade of cuts and stagnant funding, Louisiana's public schools, colleges and other education programs are vying for the increased cash coming into the state treasury. But w…
Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion
BEIJING (AP) — When a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer's native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly Uighur imam was swept up and locked away, along with three of his sons.
2020 Watch: Who can show strength with voters of color?
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Karen Pence adds campaigning for Trump to busy to-do list
WASHINGTON (AP) — Karen Pence has no shortage of projects.
Juvenile facilities in Nebraska rocked by violence, escapes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A sudden and puzzling increase in violence and escapes at Nebraska's two state-run homes for high-risk juvenile offenders has prompted officials to move some of the teenagers to other facilitie…
NM Senate OKs bill to stop forcing police to erase evidence
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A measure that would stop police from having to destroy seized electronic evidence obtained through a search warrant but not the target of an investigation has unanimously passed the New Mexic…