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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…
WVa AG accused of illegally 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.
Arizona lawmakers revive private border wall bill
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republicans on Thursday revived a measure that would make it easier for property owners on the U.S.-Mexico border to build a wall, a week after it fell one vote short of passage.
Bill seeks parity between care for mental, physical ailments
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate unveiled a sweeping bill Thursday aimed at making good on the state's long-held pledge to provide mental health care on a par with care for physical ailments like heart diseas…
Arizona bill would change membership of licensing boards
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature is looking to diminish the influence of experts on the boards that license and discipline engineers, certified public accountants, barbers and a variety of other professionals…
Ginsburg to present award named for her to philanthropist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg usually is on the receiving end of awards, but she'll be handing out one in her name next week to a prominent philanthropist.
Group seeks endangered species listing for Alaska lake seals
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The only known freshwater harbor seals in the U.S. should be listed as threatened or endangered, an environmental group said Thursday in its second petition for the animals.
Minnesota House Democrats seek more early childhood funding
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota House Democrats want to spend as much as $500 million of the state's projected $1.3 billion budget surplus on a one-time bump in spending on early childhood education and child care…
Rounds announces reelection campaign for Senate
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds announced on Thursday that he is seeking reelection after recent months of uncertainty while his wife underwent treatment for cancer.
Trump seeks to delay woman's suit after request for his DNA
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers want to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by an advice columnist who has accused him of raping her in the 1990s and is seeking his DNA as possible evidence.
Gov. Ivey recovering after surgery for broken shoulder
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is recovering after undergoing surgery Thursday for a broken shoulder she suffered after being tripped by her dog.
New Mexico bill offers electric vehicle purchase tax credit
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would provide an income tax credit of up to $5,000 to offset the purchase of new plug-in electric vehicles as part of a proposal that cleared is first legislative hurdle on Monday.
Buttigieg gains backing from Indianapolis mayor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pete Buttigieg’s presidential bid gained the backing Thursday of Indiana’s other highest-profile Democrat as Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett joined in filing the paperwork to place the former Sou…
Government watchdog group fined over its lobbying reports
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's government ethics agency said Thursday it has
Maine Senate overrides governor's veto on sports betting
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate kept alive a proposal to allow sports betting in the state, voting 20-10 Thursday to override the governor's veto. The bill now faces a vote in the House, likely next week.
In battleground Wisconsin, GOP opens front in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Republican Party has opened its first-ever office in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, one of the clearest signs yet of the party's push to cut into Democrats' advantage among minorit…