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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Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other - people don't think either man has much to brag about when ...
Apr 11, 2024
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far
A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn't sit well with the Republican former governor whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose rul...
Apr 11, 2024
Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time. The b...
Apr 11, 2024
Almost 10% of Florida's youngest children were missed during the 2020 census
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau said the...
Apr 11, 2024
School grants, student pronouns and library books among the big bills of Idaho legislative session
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long and sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading ma...
Apr 11, 2024
Biden will give a live virtual address at Sharpton's annual civil rights conference
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden is expected to give a live virtual keynote address to the Rev. Al Sharpton's racial justice conference in New York on Friday, organizers said. Biden, who is ramping...
Apr 11, 2024
Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump to curtail "inflammatory" speech, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in his upcomi...
Apr 11, 2024
Muslim leaders are 'out of words' as they tire of the White House outreach on the war in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) - Osama Siblani was sipping his morning coffee at the office when his phone buzzed with a message from one of President Joe Biden's advisers. As publisher of the Arab American News in ...
Apr 11, 2024
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says she won't run again, setting up fight for control
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The longest-serving current Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and member of its liberal majority announced Thursday that she will not seek another term, setting up a high-stakes fig...
Apr 11, 2024
Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme, a federal judge ruled Thursday, agreeing to sever and delay Nadi...
Apr 11, 2024
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Sarah Mills says we all have different standards when it comes to what offends us. But when standards don't align, who's...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...