Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Alabama's redrawn US House map spurs primary runoffs and ousts an incumbent on Super Tuesday
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama voters shook up the state's congressional delegation Tuesday, throwing out one Republican incumbent and sending four candidates to runoffs in a district redrawn by a fe...
Mar 04, 2024
US Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas fends off challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Steve Womack has won the Republican nomination for his seat in northwest Arkansas, fending off a longshot challenge on the right from a state legislator. Womack, 67,...
Mar 04, 2024
Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, romped through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and pushing the former president...
Mar 04, 2024
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore's win marks big change in state's congressional delegation
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore won the Republican nomination for Congress in the state's 14th District on Tuesday, starting what was expected to be a thorough shake-up of the U.S. House delega...
Mar 04, 2024
Sarah Stewart wins Republican race to lead Alabama Supreme Court, weeks after frozen embryo ruling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Republicans in Alabama chose Justice Sarah Stewart on Tuesday as their nominee to lead the state Supreme Court, after the justices vaulted into the national spotlight last mont...
Mar 04, 2024
Heated North Carolina governor's race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina's primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage for what will be an expensive and ...
Mar 04, 2024
Oregon lawmakers voted to recriminalize drugs. The bill's future is now in the governor's hands
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is now in the hands of Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek. The bill - which w...
Mar 04, 2024
Donald Trump's lawyers fight DA's request for a gag order in his hush-money criminal case
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's lawyers warned Monday that a gag order sought by New York prosecutors ahead of his March 25 hush-money criminal trial would amount to unconstitutional and unlawful prior...
Mar 04, 2024
Nebraska's Legislature and executive branches stake competing claims on state agency oversight
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Barely six months into his term as Nebraska's attorney general last year, Mike Hilgers released an opinion questioning the legality of offices of inspector general overseeing the ...
Mar 04, 2024
Nevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen, at union hall rally, makes reelection bid official
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen announced Monday at a union hall in Las Vegas that she has officially filed for reelection in a presidential battleground state that is a top GOP target i...
Mar 04, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...