Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants an...
Apr 15, 2024
Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority ...
Apr 15, 2024
New Orleans shooting that killed 1, injured 11 renews calls for changes to new concealed carry law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A shooting outside a New Orleans nightclub that left one woman dead and 11 other people wounded prompted renewed calls Monday for changes to a pending Louisiana law allowing conceal...
Apr 15, 2024
Audit says Arkansas governor's office potentially violated laws with $19,000 lectern purchase
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ' office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the ...
Apr 15, 2024
Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor's announcement Monday that she's letting the proposa...
Apr 15, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to sq...
Apr 15, 2024
California officials sue Huntington Beach over voter ID law passed at polls
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - California officials on Monday sued Huntington Beach over a new law that lets the city require voters to provide identification to cast ballots at the polls starting in...
Apr 15, 2024
Atlantic City mayor, wife charged with abusing and assaulting teenage daughter
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife were charged Monday with abusing and assaulting their teenage daughter on multiple occasions, including hitting her in the head ...
Apr 15, 2024
New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion
NEW YORK (AP) - Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions - along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation - under the Pre...
Apr 15, 2024
Former Trump staffer who said to 'fan the flame' after 2020 loss hired to lead Wisconsin GOP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The director of Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign in Wisconsin, who pushed allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked, has been hired to run the Republi...
Apr 15, 2024
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...