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Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty of corruption pays $32K fine

By Mutwiri Mutuota Sep. 16, 2021 02:09 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's former sports minister paid a fine of just over $32,000 on Thursday to avoid a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of...

Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto looks on after the five-party meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

By Mari Yamaguchi And Stephen Wade Jul. 08, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

FILE - This June 8, 2021, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FIle)
High court rejects New Hampshire-Massachusetts tax dispute

Jun. 28, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Quad-City Times. June 9, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to step up Unfortunately, the people of Davenport have become...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 27, 2021. Editorial: Ohio lawmakers should resist urge to score political points by cutting income tax ...

FILE - This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for the personal finance website. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
Liz Weston: Financial vital signs to monitor right now

By Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet Jun. 28, 2021 07:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a sweeping package of police accountability measures in St. Paul, Minn., making Minnesota the latest state to adopt changes to law enforcement, including a ban on neck restraints, in the wake of George Floyd's death. The bill, passed by the Legislature earlier this week, also bans chokeholds and fear-based or "warrior-style" training, which critics say promotes excessive force. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Walz says he'll give up COVID-19 emergency powers by Aug. 1

Jun. 26, 2021 12:01 PM EDT

Whitmer vetoes tax breaks related to virus-related expenses

Jun. 25, 2021 05:51 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed two bills Friday that would let businesses seek refunds for taxes paid on personal protective equipment,...

WVU board OKs tuition hike, $1.1B budget for next year

Jun. 25, 2021 05:23 PM EDT
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University tuition is going up this fall, the school's Board of Governors decided on Friday as it also approved a budget...

University of Tennessee board OKs tuition increases, budget

Jun. 25, 2021 05:01 PM EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition increases at two campuses and finalized its operating budget for...

Top Democratic lawmaker nixes Baker's sales-tax free plan

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 25, 2021 03:54 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The top Democrat in the Massachusetts Senate on Friday dismissed a proposal by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to expand the state’s annual two-day...

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Will New York eviction relief efforts be enough?

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 25, 2021 11:49 AM EDT

Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

A medical worker in protective gear checks the paperwork of people getting the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 25, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country, has seen COVID-19 infections surge in recent weeks, putting pressure on hospitals, including in the capital city, where most of hospital beds are full, and has added urgency to the government's plan to inoculate 1 million people each day by next month. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2021 06:01 AM EDT

Michigan House OKs big K-12 budget, pushes for July 1 deal

By David Eggert Jun. 24, 2021 10:24 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House overwhelmingly approved a $65 billion state spending plan and the release of billions in federal COVID-19 relief aid...

Rep. Diego Espinoza, D-Tolleson, left, looks at a computer with Rep. Walter Blackman, R-Snow Flake, during a vote on the Arizona budget Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
GOP-led Arizona Legislature OK's $1.9B income tax cut

By Jonathan J. Cooper And Bob Christie Jun. 24, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

NH lawmakers approve $13.5 billion budget package

By Holly Ramer Jun. 24, 2021 04:36 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican-led New Hampshire Legislature on Thursday passed a two-year state budget that includes not only $13.5 billion in spending...

Savannah Thorpe, Lancaster, joins with multiple groups rallying on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., to lobby lawmakers into spending more of the federal relief money on students, the poor and other communities of need, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)
Budgeteers hashing out ed funding, use of coronavirus money

By Mark Scolforo And Marc Levy Jun. 24, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, July 18, 2020, file photo, Iesha Sekou, left, founder and CEO of Street Corner Resources talks to a young man while visiting and observing potential areas of conflict and gun violence, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. A rise in gun violence in cities across the U.S. is testing the limits of anti-violence groups that have been calling for more government funding for decades. President Joe Biden acknowledged earlier this year that community anti-violence programs have been woefully underfunded and has proposed $5 billion in new aid for them. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Gun violence tests limits of urban crime prevention groups

By Dave Collins Jun. 24, 2021 08:31 AM EDT