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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Louisiana proposes bill similar to Texas’ migrant arrest law
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. i...
Apr 08, 2024
Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump's immunity claims in election subversion case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith's team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him wi...
Apr 08, 2024
Former Atlanta chief financial officer pleads guilty to stealing money from city for trips and guns
ATLANTA (AP) - The former chief financial officer for Atlanta pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing money from the city for personal travel and guns and trying to cheat the federal government on his in...
Apr 08, 2024
What to know about Biden's latest attempt at student loan cancellation
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is taking another shot at student loan cancellation, hoping to deliver on a key campaign promise that he has so far failed to fulfill. In a visit to Wisconsin on ...
Apr 08, 2024
Conservative Christians praise Trump's anti-abortion record but say he's stopped short of the goal
For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do: A conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court th...
Apr 08, 2024
A man arrested for setting a fire outside Bernie Sanders' office stayed at an area hotel for weeks
The man charged with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had been staying at an area hotel for nearly two months and was spotted outside Sanders' office the day befor...
Apr 08, 2024
Colorado politics reporter's expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar
DENVER (AP) - Politicians and news outlets in Colorado expressed anger over the expulsion from a Republican gathering this weekend of an experienced politics reporter who was told that the state party...
Apr 08, 2024
The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point
PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property will be allowed to visit the ranch near the border with Mexico as early as this week as ...
Apr 08, 2024
Trump's abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump still says he's proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he again on Monday avoided tough questions about abortion, including whether...
Apr 08, 2024
McConnell, back in Kentucky, talks about life in the Senate after leaving longtime leadership post
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell's only job uncertainty hinged on whether he'd serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Repu...
Apr 08, 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...