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Fiscal responsibility, growth discussed by Adams County commission candidates
OTHELLO — Candidates for Adams County Commissioner answered questions about fiscal responsibility and cooperation …
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…
State agency director challenging Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The head of the Indiana Department of Revenue has decided to challenge
Judge allows effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to proceed
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Judge allows effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to proceed.
Texas governor says state will reject refugees, becoming first state to decline resettlement under Trump executive order
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas governor says state will reject refugees, becoming first state to decline resettlement under Trump executive order.
Pennsylvania gas drilling fee revenue slides in 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lower prices for natural gas last year will mean a 21% drop in drilling fee revenue for Pennsylvania's state programs and county and municipal governments even as production grew from explora…
Malta's PM on way out: I paid price for reporter's slaying
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta's prime minister told the nation Friday night that he had paid “the highest political price for a dark episode,” a reference to the assassination of an investigative journalist whose wo…
Lawmaker slams report labeling him a 'domestic terrorist'
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A right-wing lawmaker from Washington state said Friday that a recent report that branded him a ‘’domestic terrorist'' is a lie and that he will continue to represent the people of his distric…
Michigan forecasts modest growth in economy, tax revenue
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers received a generally positive economic and revenue forecast Friday but tempered it by warning of budget pressures due to tax cuts, a road-funding d…
US tried to take out another Iranian leader, but failed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, U.S. officials said Frida…
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…
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.
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…
Tunisian lawmakers vote on new government amid opposition
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawmakers in Tunisia were voting on a new government Friday, but only the moderate Islamist party that finished first in an October election said it would support the Cabinet proposed by its d…
Pennsylvania issues guidance about new mail-in ballots
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's elections agency provided guidance Friday to county officials about the state's new law allowing people to vote early by mail for any reason.
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.