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WA officials consider steep cut to developmental disability services
A Washington state agency has floated cutting services for more than 2,600 residents with developmental disabiliti…
Bills respond to Bevin's flurry of last-minute pardons
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Responding to former Gov. Matt Bevin's flurry of last-minute pardons, Kentucky lawmakers have introduced bills that would put checks on gubernatorial pardon powers and ensure victims are notif…
Oklahoma to reduce business requirements to promote growth
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is taking steps to reduce the requirements for businesses to open in the state, echoing a federal move that implemented a similar policy.
Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson ends 2020 White House bid
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, the spiritual guru and bestselling author,
Kentucky congressman draws challenge from prominent attorney
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Todd McMurtry, an attorney who represented a Kentucky student embroiled in media lawsuits after a viral encounter with a Native American activist, stepped forward Friday to challenge U.S. Rep…
US officials: US military tried to take out a top Iran commander in Yemen on same day drone strike killed Soleimani
WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: US military tried to take out a top Iran commander in Yemen on same day drone strike killed Soleimani.
Pelosi to send impeachment to Senate for historic trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will take steps next week to transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ending a three-week standoff but confronting the Senate with o…
Health officials: Screening more pregnant women for syphilis
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State health officials are ordering physicians and other medical professionals in New Mexico to step up screening of pregnant women for syphilis.
Lawmakers vote down Tunisia's new government amid opposition
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian lawmakers voted down the North African country's new government Friday, declaring no confidence in a Cabinet proposed by the moderate Islamist party that has the most parliament seats.
AG asks Legislature again to rein in presumptive probation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is again asking lawmakers to limit the circumstances in which judges are required to sentence low-level felons to probation rather than prison.
Oregon looks, again, to crack down on labor trafficking
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2007, the Oregon Legislature passed a bill promoted by then Sen. Kate Brown making it crime to force someone to work.
Presidential candidates registered for Louisiana's primary
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Candidate registration for Louisiana's presidential primary ended Friday, with 14 Democrats signed up for the ballot and four Republicans challenging President Donald Trump for the GOP nomin…
Biden slams Trump on Iran policy, says he hurt US interests
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday blamed President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a nuclear agreement with Iran for the current instability in the Middle East and touted his own foreign …
Appeals court: California city bound by sanctuary law
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday ruled that a state law limiting police collaboration with federal immigration agents doesn't interfere with a charter city's right to run its own police…
US court agrees to hear Arkansas case on drug benefits law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a lower court's decision that upheld limits on Arkansas' regulation of companies that pay pharmacies on behalf of health plans.
N Carolina GOP legislators make late pitch to keep photo ID
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers made a last-minute plea on Friday to a federal judge as they seek to save a photo identification requirement to vote that had been set to begin with the Marc…