Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insur...
Mar 17, 2024
Ohio primary will set up a fall election that could flip partisan control of the state supreme court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - It's been nearly four decades since liberal-leaning justices held a majority on Ohio's supreme court. Democrats hope this is the year that changes, in a campaign that will begin ...
Mar 17, 2024
Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. The presiden...
Mar 17, 2024
'There's no agenda here': A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a complicated case. Not the one everyone knows about. Yes, Merchan could become the first judg...
Mar 16, 2024
Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin voters are set to decide next month whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer state elections, one of two Republican-backed ba...
Mar 16, 2024
Illinois primary features competitive congressional races in the Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) - Voters are set to cast their ballots Tuesday to decide competitive U.S. House races during the Illinois presidential primary. Democratic incumbents in at least two Chicago-area congress...
Mar 16, 2024
Biden says at DC dinner that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. 'The other's me'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too ...
Mar 16, 2024
A local Arizona elections chief who quit in a ballot-counting dispute just got a top state job
PHOENIX (AP) - The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because of a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has been elevated to a top electoral post for the sta...
Mar 16, 2024
Trump ramps up dark rhetoric in Ohio stump speech for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno
VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) - Former President Donald Trump claimed that he - not President Joe Biden - will protect Social Security and warned of a "bloodbath" if he loses in November as he campaigned for Se...
Mar 16, 2024
Maui's mayor prioritizes housing and vows to hire more firefighters after Lahaina wildfire
HONOLULU (AP) - Maui's mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a...
Mar 16, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...