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Georgia school voucher bill narrowly clears longtime obstacle with state House passage
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republicans powered a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling through the state House on Thursday, nearing a goal that has long eluded the state's school ...
Mar 14, 2024
Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas are close to banning gender-affirming care for minors over the Democratic governor's expected veto after winning over previously skeptical GOP coll...
Mar 14, 2024
Saskatchewan government rejects offer to go into binding arbitration with teachers
REGINA - Contract negotiations between Saskatchewan teachers and the province have hit another snag, along with a renewed round of finger-pointing. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says it would ...
Mar 14, 2024
Oregon GOP senators barred from reelection over walkout seek statewide office instead
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Two Republican state senators in Oregon are seeking statewide office after being barred from reelection for staging a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, trans...
Mar 14, 2024
B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma
VICTORIA - British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for health-related costs over damages by companies like social-media giants and energy drink manufacture...
Mar 14, 2024
The League of Women Voters is suing those involved in robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to prevent those who sent robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden' s voice to New Hampshire voters from using artificia...
Mar 14, 2024
B.C.'s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services is likely to blame for a ballooning wait-list to get a bed in long-term care, with the problem...
Mar 14, 2024
Alberta renewables report contradicts government proposals for industry, critics say
EDMONTON - Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator. "How did they end up creating th...
Mar 14, 2024
Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules
WINNIPEG - The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal by several churches that fought Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions. Lawyers for the churches argued public health orders in 2020 ...
Mar 14, 2024
Longtime Conservative MP Ed Fast says he won't run in the next federal election
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative member of Parliament Ed Fast says he will retire from politics as of the next federal election. Fast, who represents a riding in Abbotsford, B.C., has been an MP for mor...
Mar 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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