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McDONOUGH — After fighting COVID-19 for much of February, District 3 Board of Commissioners member Gary Barham died this week. He was 66. Tuesday morning, Barham’s son, Josh Barham, announced his passing on social media. “It is with heavy heart that I inform you that Gary Barham has crossed over and is walking the streets of gold with Jesus this morning.” Daily updates from Josh Barham kept friends, family and community members abreast of his father’s condition. Some da...

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RALEIGH — A Trump may be on the ballot next year — but not Donald Trump.

Mar 2, 2021 The Oklahoma State Capitol Building is shown. Several anti-transgender bills have been filed this legislative session, and advocates say they are sending wrong messages to Oklahoma’s LGBTQ youth. CNHI News Oklahoma File Photo After the committee deadline last Thursday, many bills authored by Norman’s two state senators died, but some of their bills made it through and still have a chance at a floor vote. State Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, had ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican Study Committee chairman Rep. Jim Banks , R-3rd, someone who was first elected in 2016 alongside President Donald Trump and has since risen to lead the

On March 1, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 18 industries can increase capacity to 60 percent as the state completes its seventh straight week of declining COVID-19 cases.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he will end Texas statewide mask mandate next week and will allow all businesses to operate at full capacity.

As county attorney in the early 1980s, I drafted the original Cecil County Public Ethics Law, then I chaired the Ethics Commission for a few years later after leaving the county attorney position. I have observed with dismay the recent happenings with the full Ethics Panel being dismissed by the new county executive. I will mention in passing that after chairing a charter board whose work was narrowly defeated in 1991, I was invited to speak at several governmental task forces around the state....

But manager Jim Morrison can’t say why, exactly. “Of course our business is down,” he told the News&Guide. “It’s just too difficult to say how much is purely affidavit driven, COVID driven, or snow driven. It’s pretty evident that people are willing to risk traveling in COVID environments, even at a high risk level.” Why hotels in the Roaring Fork Valley are seeing so much less traffic than those in resort towns like Jackson Hole is a central question in an on...