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Feds Revoking Reservation Status for Tribe’s 300 Acres

Feds Revoking Reservation Status for Tribe’s 300 Acres

BOSTON (AP) — A tribe is losing reservation status for its more than 300 acres in Massachusetts, raising fears among Native American groups that other tribes could face the same fate under the Trump administration. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was notified late Friday by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs that […]

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Navajo Nation votes to accept copy of 1868 treaty

Navajo Nation votes to accept copy of 1868 treaty

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has accepted an original copy of an 1868 treaty that had been stored in a Massachusetts home. The treaty allowed Navajos to return to their homeland in the Four Corners region after years of imprisonment in eastern New Mexico. It is one […]

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Maine could tweak laws describing governor, justices as ‘he’

Maine could tweak laws describing governor, justices as ‘he’

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s first female governor is backing an effort to change state laws that refer to the governor and state justices as “he,” ”him,” or “his.” Lawmakers planned Thursday to begin considering legislation to make such references gender neutral. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was elected in 2018 as the […]

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Warren, in Utah, pledges changes in national-monument policy

Warren, in Utah, pledges changes in national-monument policy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Backed by dramatic mountain peaks, Elizabeth Warren stopped in Utah on Wednesday to discuss her public-lands plan, including a promise to restore broader protections for two of the state’s high-profile national monuments if elected president. It’s a move that would not endear her to Utah’s […]

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Warren national-monument pledge could appeal to Western Dems

Warren national-monument pledge could appeal to Western Dems

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is headed to Utah on Wednesday after promising to restore broader public lands protections for two of the state’s high-profile national monuments if elected president. It’s a move that would not endear her to Utah’s GOP establishment but could appeal to voters across […]

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Federal workers seek loans, second jobs as shutdown lingers

Federal workers seek loans, second jobs as shutdown lingers

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Rachael Weatherly is a senior adviser for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but she’s considering trying to get a job at a grocery store. Weatherly is among the 800,000 federal employees who aren’t getting paychecks for the first time Friday because of the lingering government shutdown. […]

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Supreme Court won’t preside over challenge to state egg laws

Supreme Court won’t preside over challenge to state egg laws

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a legal dispute involving 15 states that want to strike down laws in California and Massachusetts requiring larger living areas for some farm animals. The attorney general’s office in Missouri, which spearheaded one of the […]

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Hatch laments loss of civility for US Senate in ‘crisis’

Hatch laments loss of civility for US Senate in ‘crisis’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah bemoaned the disappearance of political civility, kinship and cross-party collaboration during a farewell speech Wednesday where he called the Senate a legislative body in “crisis.” Hatch, 84, will step down next month as the longest-serving Republican senator in […]

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BYU scores 35 straight, tops UMass 35-16

BYU scores 35 straight, tops UMass 35-16

FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) — Zach Wilson threw two touchdown passes to Talon Shumway and Aleva Hifo ran for two and Brigham Young pulled away in the second half for a 35-14 win over Massachusetts on Saturday at the home of the New England Patriots. The Cougars (5-5) fell into an […]

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Mitt Romney to stump for Senate hopeful Martha McSally

Mitt Romney to stump for Senate hopeful Martha McSally

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is expected to be in Arizona to stump for GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally. The practicing Mormon is set to appear at a McSally rally on Friday afternoon in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, which is an area where many […]

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