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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…
Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed to get
Pompeo warns nation's governors to be wary of China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned America’s governors on Saturday to be wary of China, which he said was targeting individual U.S. states in a strategic effort to expand its economic and polit…
Trump schedules campaign rally in Phoenix on Feb. 19
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump has scheduled a campaign rally in Arizona on Feb. 19, just under a month before the state's presidential primary election that will have only Democrats going to the polls. Trum…
Peters airs 1st ad in Senate race; it touts military creds
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Days after voting to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is launching his first TV ad in what could be a tough re-election fight — highlighting…
Small businesses can register for updates on La. regulations
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's secretary of state is notifying small business owners about proposed regulations that could impact their companies.
Doubts persist for Dem voters about female nominee in 2020
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — In a perfect world, Susan Stepp, a 73-year-old retiree, would be voting vote for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, she says. But t…
Counties not on board with Ducey plan to transfer inmates
PHOENIX (AP) — Most of Arizona's 15 counties say their jails wouldn't be able to accommodate inmates from an aging state prison that Gov. Doug Ducey wants to close.
E-Verify legislation could test Republican unity in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans have mostly toed the party line during the first weeks of their legislative session. But that unity will certainly be tested when lawmakers begin debating a proposal to …
Panel examining misogyny in NJ politics to meet
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Allegations of widespread misogyny in New Jersey politics will be front and center when a roving legislative panel holds its first meeting next week.
Pennsylvania's big higher education problem gets a spotlight
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov . Tom Wolf's proposal to start a major new scholarship program for students at Pennsylvania's state-owned universities caused a stir over his idea to divert the money from a sacred cow, …
Capitol Watch: Public safety, school aid, Medicaid on agenda
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers are heading into a week of hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, and one of the big issues on the table is how to slash Medicaid costs without hurting patients or…
Lawmakers say they have questions on plan to lease prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers say they have questions about Gov. Kay Ivey's proposal to lease three mega-prisons built by private companies as a partial solution to the state's ongoing prison crisis.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Obama years. Yet the economy is not so different from the robu…
Move over: SC bill would get slow drivers out of left lane
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some of the most powerful lawmakers in South Carolina are backing a proposal to allow officers to pull over people who drive too slowly in the left lane of major roads.
Key takeaways from Democratic debate in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Three days before the critical New Hampshire Primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated, with many of them fighting to survive in the race to challenge President Donald Trump.