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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…
Gun debate prompts weapons ban at New Mexico state Senate
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Lawmakers began discussing legislation Tuesday that would allow authorities to take guns away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.
GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at
Whitmer signs bill to create statewide mental health hotline
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will create a statewide mental health hotline under legislation signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Mississippi governor: Close part of notorious state prison
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will take steps to close part of a state prison that has been rocked by deadly violence and beset by longstanding problems such as broken toilets and moldy showers, Gov. Tate Reeve…
Bill would curb nondisclosure agreements in sex harassment
BOSTON (AP) — Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the downfall of Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, joined state lawmakers in Massachusetts on Monday to push a bill to c…
Democrats struggle with how directly to knock Sanders
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — As Bernie Sanders exudes confidence in his ability to win next week's Iowa caucuses, his moderate rivals are struggling with how — and whether — to directly take on the progressive Vermont …
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Israel’s prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that despite ad…
Democrats' competing impulses: Should they fight or unite?
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic presidential race that started as a struggle between the activist left and the moderates has become something far less ideological and more emotional as the first nominating con…
Pennsylvania GOP endorses slate of statewide candidates
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Republican Party of Pennsylvania will go into the spring primary season with an endorsed slate of candidates for the three elected state offices of treasurer, auditor general and attorney…
Prosecutors in El Salvador seek charges against legislator
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Prosecutors asked El Salvador's congress Monday to lift the immunity from prosecution of a legislator who they allege was involved in secret talks with street gangs seeking to influ…
Amid impeachment and Iowa, 2020 top tier jilts New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire isn't used to being neglected.
Bloomberg creates a parallel presidential race. Can he win?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When the leading Democratic presidential candidates marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day
School choice supporters rally for scholarship tax credit
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — School choice advocates in Kentucky renewed their push Monday to create scholarship tax credits for private schools, a proposal that some public school supporters and the state's new governor …
Pence visiting Wisconsin's capital city, liberal stronghold
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence's planned visit on Tuesday to Wisconsin's liberal stronghold of Madison may signal the opening of a new front in the hotly contested campaign to win the battleground s…
Governor: New Mexico needs realistic, sustainable water plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has long talked about the importance of water to the arid state, even campaigning on the idea of creating a 50-year plan to guide management of the fi…