All posts on June, 2015

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) _ Hundreds of protesters on a Hawaii mountain road erupted in cheers Wednesday after construction crews turned around and …

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ It is becoming increasingly difficult to find people to fill open teaching positions in South Dakota, according to school administrators. …

By JUDY LIN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Gov. Jerry Brown signed a spending plan Wednesday that uses California’s growing surplus to fund new initiatives aimed …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ A proposal to change the state’s tax laws that began as an effort to accommodate gym company Planet Fitness is heading …

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) _ A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper reached his 10,000th Twitter follower with a noteworthy addition. The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/1QO6BKE ) that …

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) _ IRS employees erased computer backup tapes a month after officials discovered that thousands of emails related to the tax …

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) _ Officials are working to finalize details on a downtown Evansville medical school campus, with plans to break ground in the coming …

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia’s environmental agency is investigating the cause of cloudy water in Bryan Park in North Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1FCLZJC …

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) _ Five years ago, General Motors revealed an all-new compact car in the U.S. that was designed …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger is cautioning residents to start protecting themselves against mosquitoes, after West Nile virus was found …