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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 shows no qualms about using presidency to court voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dispatching Cabinet secretaries across the country to woo Iowa voters. Using private cash to finance an official made-for-TV moment. Delivering a State of the Union address that doubled as a campa…
Colorado considers student athlete compensation bill
DENVER (AP) — Following California’s lead, Colorado lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would allow college student athletes to profit from their names and images — while giving the NCAA and Congress time to is…
The Associated Press is unable to declare a winner in Iowa’s 2020 Democratic caucuses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is unable to declare a winner in Iowa’s 2020 Democratic caucuses.
Trump praises 2 Republicans seeking Georgia Senate seat
In his post-impeachment victory lap, President Donald Trump had high praise Thursday for Georgia's newest senator as well as a fellow Republican Congress member challenging her in an election where Trump's endorse…
Key facets of Whitmer's budget proposal
Key facets of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's budget proposal for the 2020-21 fiscal year starting in October:
Funding to persuade women from having abortions advancing
PHOENIX (AP) — An anti-abortion group is trying again to get Arizona lawmakers to fund a service designed to persuade women not to seek an abortion after it was narrowly rejected last year.
ACLU sues Montana over Keystone XL protest plans
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Civil liberties advocates are taking Montana officials to court to force the public release of documents detailing the government’s planned response to anticipated protests against the Keystone…
Brazil judge rejects hacking accusation against Greenwald
SAO PAULO (AP) — A judge in Brazil’s capital on Thursday dismissed accusations that journalist Glenn Greenwald was involved in hacking phones of officials, following weeks of criticism that his prosecution would in…
Report warns of money crunch at Pennsylvania dog law agency
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Legislature should increase licensing fees and take other steps to put the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement on more sound financial footing, according to a report issued Thu…
President Nixon and the sacred lake: Bill preserves history
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — It was 1970, the U.S. president was Richard Nixon and members of a small Native American community in northern New Mexico traveled to Washington to press their case for reclaiming a sacred alp…
New Hampshire officials confident they'll avoid Iowa chaos
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters rarely rubber-stamp the results of the Iowa caucuses. And they won't follow the lead of Iowa's chaotic caucuses when votes are counted and reported from the state's first-i…
WVa AG, others accused of blocking critics on social media
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union accused the state attorney general of blocking critics on social media in violation of the First Amendment.
Trump unleashes impeachment fury in acquittal 'celebration'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office and pointi…
The Latest: Buttigieg pitches military service to veterans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Romney returns to Utah to explain his impeachment decision
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was back in Utah Thursday explaining his vote to convict President Donald Trump amid pushes by some angry GOP state legislators to censure Romney or create a way to recal…