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7th Arkansas legislator tests positive for coronavirus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislative leaders on Monday said they'll resume budget hearings but with new social distancing procedures in place after a seventh lawmaker in a week tested positive for COVID-19. Sen. Cecile Bledsoe tested positive Sunday, Senate President Jim Hendren said, making her...
McGrath slams McConnell on lack of another relief package
Down in the polls and with time running out, Democrat Amy McGrath made her pitch to a statewide TV audience Monday night at a forum perhaps most noteworthy for who wasn't there — her Republican opponent, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. While McGrath and Libertarian candidate Brad Barron took turns...
Davids, Adkins trade shots in debate for Kansas House seat
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and Republican challenger Amanda Adkins on Monday sought to portray each other as too extreme to represent a heavily suburban Kansas City area swing district as they debated how to respond to the coronavirus and calls for police reform. Davids...
Republican lawsuit alleges problems with absentee balloting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican Party says its election poll challengers in New Mexico are unfairly being denied oversight of the initial verification process for absentee ballots, in a lawsuit filed Monday with the state Supreme Court. The lawsuit from the GOP and several allied state legislators and...
Kansas sets new COVID marks; governor to push mask mandate
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Monday reported record highs for its seven-day rolling averages of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and a spokesman for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said she was considering calling the Republican-controlled Legislature into a special session to impose a statewide mask...
Judge refuses to block 'No Boycott of Israel' measure
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit in which a Muslim civil rights group sought to block the state of Maryland from enforcing its ban on contracting with businesses that boycott Israel. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake didn't reach a decision on whether the executive...
Biden endorses Tennessee's Democratic Senate candidate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has thrown his support for U.S. Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw. “Marquita is a proven leader who will fight for the needs of working families — needs she understands because she’s faced the same struggles they...
Ohio legislative board approves $420 million in pandemic aid
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Small businesses, bars and restaurants, low-income renters, arts groups, and colleges and universities are among those eligible for about $420 million in federal pandemic dollars approved by an Ohio legislative budget panel Monday. The pandemic aid passed by the state Controlling...
Surgery successful for GOP US Senate candidate Jason Lewis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis of Minnesota underwent successful emergency surgery for a severe internal hernia on Monday, just eight days before Election Day, his campaign announced. The campaign said the condition could have been life-threatening if not treated quickly....
Paris train attack hero makes bid for Congress from Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2015, Alek Skarlatos and two friends thwarted an attack by a gunman on a Paris-bound train, a dramatic and heroic action that was made into a movie by Clint Eastwood in which the trio starred as themselves. Now, Skarlatos, 28, is hoping to ride his moment of fame to get a seat in...
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