Tag Archives: Politics

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she's pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same - especially among other female working professionals....

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government said it will not launch an appeal after the province's highest court upheld a lower-court ruling that declared the public servant wage-cap law unconsti...

VANCOUVER - Communities across British Columbia needs to prepare for a climate-related health crisis like the deadly 2021 heat dome every year, according to the lead contributor to a report on health ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is the first Black person - and first woman - to have a portrait on display...

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic rural town that she has described as instrumental to the values that guide her president...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers plowed through hundreds of bills Tuesday as they reached a key deadline for this year's legislative session. The House of Delegates and Senate debated topics ra...

OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to have Canada formally recognize Palestine as a state, saying it would help advance peace in the Middle East. "It's time for Canada to do ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery scheme that cent...

MONTREAL - Psychiatrists who treated a mentally ill Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday about the challenges in getting patients to follow conditions ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is launching a public housing plan to build more affordable rental units for middle-income earners who often struggle financially to live in the same communities where the...