Category Archives: Politics
Virginia lawmakers work through amendments, sustain vetoes
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The divided Virginia General Assembly slogged through scores of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed amendments to legislation and effectively upheld all of his vetoes Wednesday.
School library bill advances, sponsor suggests book burning
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would place more scrutiny over what books are placed in public schools libraries, moments after the bill’s House sponsor said any inappropriate book should be burned. ...
Biden going to SKorea, Japan in May to discuss China, NKorea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel next month to South Korea and Japan, his first trip to Asia since taking office last year, to consult with allies on growing threats from China and North Korea.
Tennessee nears overhaul of K-12 education funding formula
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominated General Assembly neared the finish line Wednesday of an overhaul of the state formula for funding its multibillion-dollar K-12 education system, angering Democratic lawmakers who were abruptly bl...
B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA — First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging step toward an expected higher share in the
Trump becomes target of new ad after Ohio Senate endorsement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group opposing Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s contentious Republican Senate primary is making the former president the target of a new ad campaign.
4 Republicans claw for an edge in live TV governor’s debate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Leading candidates for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open governor's office made big promises in Wednesday night’s debate about how they’ll ramp up the economy and spend state dollars, as they clawed for an edge in...
Emotional Biden says teachers helped him overcome stutter
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden congratulated the 2022 national teacher of the year on Wednesday by offering a deeply personal story saluting school leaders who helped him overcome a serious childhood stutter decades before he had White House asp...
‘I can’t do this’: Woman halts testimony in Idaho rape trial
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman who reported she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker while serving as a legislative intern testified in the former lawmaker's trial on Wednesday, haltingly describing the moments the assault began before abruptly leaving the
Jack Link’s to hire 800 at $450M meat snack plant in Georgia
PERRY, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is welcoming Sasquatch, or at least the Wisconsin-based meat snack company that has adopted the furry creature as a mascot. Jack Link's
