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Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law

Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Monday over the constitutionality of a struck-down Kansas statute that had required people to provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship before they could register to vote. In a case with national implications for voting rights, Kansas faces an […]

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Misbehaving Utah officers given leniency, audit finds

Misbehaving Utah officers given leniency, audit finds

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police officers caught committing misdeeds on the job such as driving under the influence or using drugs receive more lenient punishments than law enforcement in six other states, a new state report found. The State Auditor’s Office reviewed eight years of discipline records and concluded […]

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More lenient state laws could chill low-alcohol beer market

More lenient state laws could chill low-alcohol beer market

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Beer snobs are raising their mugs to a stronger brew in three states that once forbade grocers from selling anything but low-alcohol brands, and the changes could indirectly chill the industry in two others where such regulations remain. Until October, Oklahoma grocery and convenience stores could […]

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Utah Men’s Basketball Commences Pac-12 Season At Arizona State, Arizona

Utah Men’s Basketball Commences Pac-12 Season At Arizona State, Arizona

TEMPE, Ariz.-This weekend, the Utah men’s basketball team commences Pac-12 play with a pair of extremely difficult match-ups in the Grand Canyon State. Thursday, the Utes face Arizona State at the Wells Fargo Center of Tempe, Ariz. and will draw Arizona Saturday at the McKale Center of Tucson, Ariz. The […]

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Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House

Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As a girl, Debra Haaland remembers joining her grandmother as she chopped wood and fetched water for her home in tiny Mesita, a Native American community situated in New Mexico’s high desert. Haaland, an enrolled Laguna Pueblo member, is certain it was these early experiences and […]

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Medicaid expansion becomes key issue in GOP-leaning states

Medicaid expansion becomes key issue in GOP-leaning states

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — For nearly a decade, opposition to former President Barack Obama’s health care law has been a winning message for Nebraska Republicans. It’s helped them win every statewide office, control the Legislature and hold all the state’s congressional seats. So it was something of a surprise for […]

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