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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
Trump meets Parkland families to discuss school safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met Monday with several family members of the victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, to discuss school safety.
New Mexico lawmakers begin push for tuition-free college
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Adults who return to school to pursue professional certificates and two-year degrees are getting top priority under a proposal to provide free tuition to in-state students at public colleges a…
Trump seeks big increase in career-technical education money
President Donald Trump is proposing a $900 million increase in education spending to teach skills and trades, in what would be a historic federal infusion into a spending area that's been stagnant for years.
Barr: Justice Dept. is collecting Ukraine info from Giuliani
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Monday the Justice Department is taking information that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is gathering in Ukraine about the president’s Dem…
Federal prosecutors ask judge to sentence Trump confidant Roger Stone to serve between 7 and 9 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors ask judge to sentence Trump confidant Roger Stone to serve between 7 and 9 years in prison.
GOP-linked group spends $2.4M for Democrat Senate candidate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican-linked political committee that’s behind a TV ad praising Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Erica Smith is spending at least $2.4 million to push her candidacy in a primary race, a …
Arizona lawmaker wants appointed utility commission
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters may be asked to decide in November whether they should continue electing utility regulators or let the governor choose who approves electricity and natural gas prices.
The Latest: Warren says she's been counted out before
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The latest on campaigning for the 2020 election (all times local):
Trump, first lady will travel to India in late February
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit India on February 24-25 and travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad, the White House said Monday.
State Senate OKs cutting lead notification time to 10 days
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey water systems would have just 10 days, instead of 60, to notify residents about elevated lead levels under a bill the state's Democrat-led Senate passed on Monday.
Trump, Manchin trading barbs as impeachment feud boils over
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A post-impeachment spat between President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has sunk to name-calling and insults.
Air Force discloses drug investigation at nuke missile base
WASHINGTON (AP) — Security guards at an Air Force base responsible for protecting strategic nuclear missiles in three states are under investigation for alleged marijuana use, Air Force officials said Monday. They …
San Francisco official in corruption probe resigns his post
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco official charged with public corruption for trying to steer public contracts and taking pricey gifts has resigned his post as director of public works.
Highlights of President Trump's 2021 budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's fiscal 2021 budget plan doesn't have many fans — among either his GOP allies or opposition Democrats — but it's a measure of the president's priorities as he seeks a secon…
Minnesota's divided government experiment will get new test
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Passing a public works borrowing package will be the Minnesota Legislature's top job as it convenes Tuesday for the 2020 session, an important test of divided government to see whether both p…