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Cox To Send Guard, Troopers To Texas Border

Cox To Send Guard, Troopers To Texas Border

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is deploying a select group from the state’s National Guard and the highway patrol to the southern border. The governor says the move is to show support for Texas Governor Gregg Abbott and his Operation Lonestar, a state-led effort to stop […]

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Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor’s order freed

Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor’s order freed

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas salon owner who defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency orders and was jailed for keeping her business open walked out free Thursday to cheering supporters after the governor weakened his enforcement of coronavirus safeguards and a court ordered her released. Shelley Luther, owner of a […]

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Governor softens order over jailed Texas hair salon owner

Governor softens order over jailed Texas hair salon owner

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday removed jail as a punishment for violating his coronavirus restrictions following outcry by conservatives over a Dallas salon owner who was jailed for refusing to keep her business closed. Abbott said his new order should free Shelley Luther, who […]

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California’s growing shadow looms over Nevada’s midterms

California’s growing shadow looms over Nevada’s midterms

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republicans running in Nevada’s hotly contested races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking aim at a common target as they try to maintain GOP control of the seats: California. As more Californians have poured across the state line over the past few years, many […]

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