Category Archives: Politics
Minnesota sports betting bill advances as budget items stall
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A proposal to legalize sports betting survived a test Thursday amid lawmakers' efforts to pull together the pieces of a package to spend Minnesota's enormous budget surplus with just days remaining in the legislative session.
B.C. to end fossil fuel subsidies under new oil and gas royalty system
VICTORIA — British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals. Premier John Horgan said the "broken system" of fossil-fu...
Ryan Meili stepping down as MLA after resigning as Saskatchewan NDP leader
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili says he is resigning as the member of the legislature for Saskatoon Meewasin. He says his last day will be July 1. Meili's resignation comes after he announced in February that he was stepping down as the
RCMP seeking accommodations for officers testifying at N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX — The RCMP say the commission of inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will be violating its own rules if Mounties who endured trauma are called to testify without some form of accommodation. The Nova Scotia RCMP
Canada banning China’s Huawei Technologies, ZTE from 5G telecom networks
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is banning Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE from Canada's long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks. "Telecommunication companies in Canada will not be permitted to include in their networks p...
US lawmakers urge binding vote on Puerto Rico status
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of mostly Democratic congress members, including the House majority leader, on Thursday proposed a binding plebiscite to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state or gain some sort of independence.
Judge gives Wisconsin GOP leader chance to avoid contempt
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Thursday said the investigator hired by Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to look into the 2020 election appears to have “gone rogue” and “run amok" in refusing to comply with the state's open
Prosecutors detail charges against Trump’s inaugural chair
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have spelled out more details of the allegations against the chair of former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, who’s accused of secretly working as an agent for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump...
Nova Scotia’s finance minister ruling out cut to gasoline taxes as prices rise
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says that as gas and food prices continue to soar, the province is working on another targeted package of relief for those with lower incomes. However, Allan MacMaster says the government is currently ruling out...
Sacramento goes dark in power outage, Legislature delayed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A power outage in Sacramento on Thursday that left much of the city’s downtown area in the dark delayed the start of California’s Legislature.
