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Nebraska's new law limiting abortion and trans healthcare is argued before the state Supreme Court
Members of the Nebraska Supreme Court appeared to meet with skepticism a state lawyer's defense of a new law that combines a 12-week abortion ban with another measure to limit gender-affirming health ...
Mar 05, 2024
B.C. ombudsperson calls rules that allow private roads to be made public 'unjust'
VICTORIA - A report by British Columbia's ombudsperson suggests a decades-old portion of the Transportation Act has holes big enough for a logging truck to drive through. Jay Chalke says in the report...
Mar 05, 2024
Maryland Senate approves legal protections for gender-affirming care
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gender-affirming treatment in Maryland would be protected from criminal and civil actions brought by other states under a measure approved Tuesday by the state Senate. The Democr...
Mar 05, 2024
New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife face new charges that they obstructed justice while they were being investigated over allegations that they accepted bribes of gold bars, cash and a...
Mar 05, 2024
Ottawa, Nunavut sign $36M deal to improve health-care services in territory
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut and the federal government are spending nearly $36 million to improve access to health care in the territory. The agreement, announced in Iqaluit, is to increase the number ...
Mar 05, 2024
Saskatchewan cabinet minister faces questions over sightseeing on Paris work trip
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition says a cabinet minister should give his head a shake for using public money to sightsee around Paris, checking out Napoleon's Tomb, when he was supposed to be at a c...
Mar 05, 2024
South Carolina lawmakers are close to loosening gun laws after long debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina lawmakers appear close to approving a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly. The proposal includes stiffer penalties fo...
Mar 05, 2024
What to know about Alabama's fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics
Alabama lawmakers moved quickly to approve legislation on Wednesday that protects in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month's state Supreme Court ruli...
Mar 05, 2024
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race
PHOENIX (AP) - Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won't run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and w...
Mar 05, 2024
Saskatchewan announces plan to streamline breast cancer care
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has announced it's opening a new health centre in Regina to help breast cancer patients get screened sooner. The province says the centre will tackle backlogs by p...
Mar 05, 2024
OPINION
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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