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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach follows a Kansas Senate committee hearing on a proposal to prevent the state from investing funds using ESG principles, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. ESG stands for environmental, social and governance, and conservative Republicans like Kobach are trying to block it across the U.S. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas anti-ESG push slowed by debate over private investors

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers pushing to prevent Kansas from investing its funds using socially and environmentally conscious principles disagree about also imposing rules for investment managers handling private funds, complicating their efforts to thwart what they see as “woke” investing. Committees in the Kansas House and Senate this […]

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The entrance to the Wyoming Attorney General's office in the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyo., is shown Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill has not released any of her advisory opinions for state and local government officials since she took office in 2019, saying all are shielded by attorney-client privilege. Such documents are posted online dozens of times a year in states including California and Texas but they're difficult to impossible to find in several other states, an Associated Press review has found. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Advice from attorneys general remains secret in some states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When officials in Wyoming faced public pressure to allow a citizen recount of election results, they reached out to the state attorney general for legal advice about how to proceed. Attorney General Bridget Hill refuses to say what she told them. In fact, Hill’s office has […]

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In this aerial photo, a bathtub ring of light minerals show the high water mark on the shore of Lake Mead along the border of Nevada and Arizona, Monday, March 6, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Climate experts say all the snow and rain over the winter months helped alleviate dry conditions in many parts of the western U.S., but the precipitation is nowhere near enough to unravel the long-term effects of a stubborn drought afflicting Lake Powell and Lake Mead. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring runoff. All the moisture has helped alleviate dry […]

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Harmon’s 32 lead Utah Valley over New Mexico 83-69 in NIT

Harmon’s 32 lead Utah Valley over New Mexico 83-69 in NIT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Justin Harmon’s 32 points led Utah Valley over New Mexico 83-69 on Wednesday night in the NIT. Harmon shot 13 for 20 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Wolverines (26-8). Tim Fuller added 14 points while […]

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FILE - A sign is shown in front of Planned Parenthood of Utah Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, that will effectively ban clinics from providing abortions, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply Republican state. With the law set to start taking effect May 3, both the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the Utah Hospital Association declined to detail how the increasingly fraught legal landscape for abortion providers in Utah will affect their operations.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation Wednesday that will by next year ban clinics from providing abortions, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply Republican state. Administrators from hospitals and clinics have not publicly detailed their […]

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NTSB: Wing parts from air ambulance fell far from wreckage

NTSB: Wing parts from air ambulance fell far from wreckage

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new federal report says parts of the right wing on a medical transport plane that crashed last month in rural Nevada, killing all five people aboard, fell far from the main wreckage site. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary findings released Wednesday could support the […]

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FILE - Alabama forward Brandon Miller (24) fires off a shot with Arkansas guard Nick Smith Jr. (3) and guard Davonte Davis (4) defending during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Miller was selected to the Associated Press All-America first team in results released Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

No. 1 Alabama readies for NCAA Tournament “home” game

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — Alabama has the No. 1 overall NCAA Tournament seed, one of the best players in college basketball and likely a couple of games in its own backyard. For a Crimson Tide team that’s been an easy target for opposing fans over the past two months, playing […]

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Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch in Kane County, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.  One man is dead and another is still missing after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon in southern Utah, endangering three groups of hikers who had to be hoisted out via helicopter Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The hikers were on a multi-day trek from Wire Pass to Lees Ferry through Buckskin Gulch's sandstone features that includes multiple narrow slot canyons.  (Lennie Mahler /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

1 dead, 1 missing after southern Utah canyon floods

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One man is dead and another is still missing after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon in southern Utah, endangering three groups of hikers who had to be hoisted out via helicopter Tuesday. Kane County Sheriff’s Lt. Allen Alldredge said the man who was found […]

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FILE - Cleveland Browns linebacker Sione Takitaki (44) plays during the second half of a NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, in Baltimore. The Cleveland Browns are bringing back linebacker Sione Takitaki after a strong season cut short by injury, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.  (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, File)

AP source: Browns re-signing LB Takitaki to 1-year contract

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sione Takitaki didn’t get to finish his best season with the Browns. He’ll get another chance to better it. Takitaki, who sustained a season-ending knee injury after filling a vital role for Cleveland in 2022, agreed Tuesday to re-sign with the Browns, a person familiar with the […]

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FILE - Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, sits at the House Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Santa Fe, N.M. Democratic state Sens. Maestas and Jerry Ortiz y Pino introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities. The bill could unwind contractual agreements that help detain immigrants at three privately operated detention centers in New Mexico within close driving distance of the U.S. border with Mexico. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, File)

New Mexico Legislature rejects ban in immigration detention

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators rejected a proposal Tuesday to prohibit state and local government agencies from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants as they seek asylum in the U.S. The bill failed on a 17-21 vote of the state Senate. It also […]

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