Tag Archives: Politics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state's homelessness ...

Edmonton City Hall is to reopen to the public on Monday, two months after what police say was a politically motivated attack. No one was hurt on Jan. 23, when shots were fired and Molotov cocktails we...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say a government plan to ban anti-abortion protests near some health-care facilities should be expanded to cover more areas and all protests,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders from both parties looked to put a positive light on a $1.2 trillion spending package that lawmakers are working to approve before funding expires at midnight Fr...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's provincial high school basketball championship has been cancelled due to an escalating labour dispute between teachers and the government. The Saskatchewan High Schools Athleti...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia senators gave final approval Wednesday to a plan to create a $6,500 voucher funding for private school tuition and home schooling, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland promised a major crackdown on nicotine pouches Wednesday, and issued a stern warning to tobacco companies he says are marketing the pouches to children. Holland a...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime destination for conservatives pursuing legal strategies to bolster gun rights, stop abortion or - as was the case Wed...

A bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing "obscene material" to Nebraska students in grades K-12 failed to break a filibuster Wednesday in the Leg...

OTTAWA - It's "extremely appropriate" that two scientists who lost their jobs due to dealings with China remain under investigation, Health Minister Mark Holland said Wednesday. The National Microbiol...