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BOISE — A proposed law to allow state agencies, boards and commissions to go around the Idaho attorney general’s office to hire private-practice attorneys headed to the full House on

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Water department crews are toiling amid treacherous road conditions to fix leaks that have plagued the systems in both Shreveport and neighboring Bossier City. Many people are reporting low or no water pressure in homes and businesses. Shreveport Water & Sewerage Department Director William Daniel says breaks in water lines, water mains, and pipes inside homes and buildings are "system wide." Daniel hopes that everyone in Shreveport has at least some water by the end the day ...

  MORE, PLEASE: State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald joined colleagues to call on Congress to deliver $350 billion in aid for state and local governments to keep essential workers on the job, support vaccination efforts, and safely reopen schools. “We’re suffering every day. We need this help from the federal government, and then we can start working on things that would really help our state grow,” Fitzgerald said on a call with state treasurers from Kansas, Oregon and Maine. T...

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The Grand Junction City Council approved a plan to provide $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic at its Wednesday meeting.

Reince Priebus, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump and former Wisconsin and national Republican Party chair, may be mulling plans to run for governor in 2022, according to

The free event will be held on Feb. 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. It will include several features from the Centers for Disease Control, state agencies and leadership from Clayton and Henry counties. The forum will include a video created by the Stockbridge High School health class titled “Together We Can Beat COVID-19” followed by a question and answer session. The goal of the event, officials from the council said, is to educate the African American communities in Henry and Clayton countie...

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The Monroe County government staff has been tasked with coming up with plans to reopen county libraries and its planning department and the county will vote on it next month. On Wednesday, the Monroe County Commission directed staff to come up with a plan to reopen public libraries and the county’s planning department to in-person visits. The libraries and planning department have been closed to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The library is conducting curbside services for bo...