Category Archives: Politics
Alaska Supreme Court orders use of interim map for elections
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court said Tuesday it has affirmed a lower court ruling that the board tasked with redrawing the state's political boundaries "again engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering” and ordered the use of a...
Alaska Supreme Court orders use of interim map for elections
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court said Tuesday it has affirmed a lower court ruling that the board tasked with redrawing the state's political boundaries "again engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering” and ordered the use of a...
Timeline of Oregon county’s ballot tally remains uncertain
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three weeks after Oregon’s third-largest county learned that a majority of their ballots had blurry barcodes and were unreadable by vote-counting machines, state officials have yet to receive a written plan detailing how the count...
Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration says transgender people can not change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that temporarily blocked the Republican s...
Manitoba eyes wine bars, beverage rooms without hotel requirement
WINNIPEG — Manitobans may soon have more places to raise a glass if a bill before the legislature becomes law. The bill is aimed at simplifying the province's licensing system, with its many categories that require a full kitchen for some
Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With a staunch anti-abortion Republican governor and large GOP legislative majorities, Iowa would seem poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Canada shipping 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine
OTTAWA — Canada has purchased more than 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. Anand, speaking at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Victoria, said the $98-million purchase will include the needed fu...
Man accused of assaulting police, AP photographer on Jan. 6
DENVER (AP) — A Maryland man is accused of throwing a flagpole and a smoke grenade at police and assaulting an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Man accused of assaulting police, AP photographer on Jan. 6
DENVER (AP) — A Maryland man is accused of throwing a flagpole and a smoke grenade at police and assaulting an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Quebec legislature adopts Bill 96 language law, Legault calls reform ‘moderate’
Quebec Premier François Legault sought to reassure anglophones that his government's language law reform, adopted on Tuesday, won't prevent people from accessing health care in English. The law, known as Bill 96, passed by a vote of 78-29, with the Opp...
