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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…
EU: Russia, China use 'digital war' to undermine democracies
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia and China are waging a “digital war” with fake news and disinformation to undermine democracy in Europe, and the European Union must develop tools to fight back, a top EU official said Thursd…
AP-NORC poll: GOP more fired up for 2020, Democrats anxious
When it comes to the 2020 presidential election, Democrats are nervous wrecks and Republican excitement has grown.
Ebenezer pastor Raphael Warnock enters US Senate race
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, challenging recently appointed Republica…
Buttigieg endorsed by major California, Nevada LGBTQ group
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has won the backing of Equality California, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ membership organizations, and its Nevada partner organization, an endorsement that coul…
Israeli PM in Moscow to discuss US Mideast peace plan
MOSCOW (AP) — The Israeli prime minister came to Moscow on Thursday to discuss the U.S. Mideast peace plan and take an Israeli woman who had been jailed in Russia back home.
House to consider ban on commercial surrogacy agents
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee advanced a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize agents who facilitate commercial surrogate pregnancies in the state.
Missouri GOP seeks to drop "partisan fairness" in districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican senators put forth a new plan Wednesday that would scrap “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness" from the criteria used to draw state House and Senate districts — …
New Mexico could break its taboo on salaries for legislators
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators could receive state salaries for the first time as the result of a newly proposed constitutional amendment.
Highlights from Whitmer's 2nd State of the State address
Highlights from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's second annual State of the State address:
Democrats' early 2020 blitz to strike in Texas flops
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — If Texas is going to be competitive in 2020, the first race wasn't.
South Dakota House OKs ban on kids' gender-change treatment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban gender-change treatment for children under 16, including surgeries, puberty-blockers and hormone therapy.
Brain injuries in Iraq put attention on invisible war wounds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by American troops in Iraq this month is an example of America's episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands o…
Students, teachers rally at Capitol for school choice week
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Students and teachers from private schools rallied at the Nebraska Capitol Wednesday to recognize National School Choice Week, a campaign to promote alternatives to public schools.
Trial highlights: Senators' questions launch pointed debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Finally playing an active role at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, senators posed written inquiries that led to pointed, back-and-forth debate Wednesday as Trump’s legal team and House …
Teachers return to SC Statehouse to push education reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of teachers returned to the Statehouse on Wednesday to remind lawmakers they have their own ideas about how to reform education, a debate that continues to drag on in the legislature.