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Kansas lawmakers scuttle a plan for cutting taxes, defying the governor and GOP leaders
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers in Kansas scuttled a plan for cutting taxes Thursday, with Republicans defying GOP leaders and Democrats ignoring a personal appeal fr...
Apr 03, 2024
In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire
NEW GLARUS, Wis. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whose "go everywhere" 2018 campaign strategy became a model for how to win in battleground Wisconsin, knows her road to victory this year against...
Apr 03, 2024
Canadians waiting longer for surgeries and other procedures compared to 2019: report
Patients in all provinces are waiting longer for hip and knee replacements, cancer surgeries and other priority procedures than before the COVID-19 pandemic, national data shows. A report released Thu...
Apr 03, 2024
Vancouver mayor disappointed by new location for overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver says the city is disappointed about the new location of an overdose prevention site in the downtown core. Ken Sim says in a news release that the city was not consul...
Apr 03, 2024
Indiana House Democratic leader to run for mayor of Fort Wayne following death of Tom Henry
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Democratic House leader state Rep. Phil GiaQuinta intends to run for Fort Wayne mayor in an upcoming caucus to replace the city's late mayor who died last week, an adviser ...
Apr 03, 2024
B.C. government targets 'profiteers' with legislation to bring in 20% flipping tax
VICTORIA - British Columbia has tabled legislation to enact a 20 per cent flipping tax on those who sell their home within the first year of ownership. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told the legisla...
Apr 03, 2024
Biden faces protest over his support for Israel during White House meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeti...
Apr 03, 2024
Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
A Nebraska lawmaker who invoked the name of a colleague while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Legislature violated the body's workforce sexual harassment policy, an outside inves...
Apr 03, 2024
Massachusetts council approves pardoning people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts council on Wednesday approved Gov. Maura Healey's plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons ap...
Apr 03, 2024
Judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of h...
Apr 03, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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