Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before Sen. Mitch McConnell surprised colleagues Wednesday announcing he would step down as the Republican leader this fall, he knew the time had come. Hard-right Republican sen...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday that doctors treating transgender youth in the state say would prevent the prescription of ...

OTTAWA - A New Democrat member of Parliament is resigning his seat for a job with Manitoba's NDP government. Daniel Blaikie says he will step down from his Elmwood-Transcona seat in Winnipeg at the en...

HALIFAX - The City of Halifax says it will cut electricity to two homeless encampments by the end of the week in the latest step in its eviction efforts. In a notice issued today, the municipality sai...

TORONTO - Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional and ...

MARION, Ohio (AP) - A history-making, record-setting former U.S. treasurer is being celebrated in her Ohio city this week as she marks the 30th anniversary of her swearing-in ceremony. Democratic Mary...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a new Democrat-drawn congressional map on Wednesday that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts, helping their candidates ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale announced Wednesday that he will seek reelection to his U.S. House seat representing eastern Montana, after he abandoned a short-lived Senate campai...

OTTAWA - The federal export credit agency has agreed to lend millions of dollars to a second green hydrogen project in Atlantic Canada. Export Development Canada and World Energy GH2 say they have rea...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Presidential visits to the border are usually short on substance and long on political theater and symbolism - starting with the choice of location. President Joe Biden and his R...