Category Archives: Politics
Pennsylvania liquor board reverses decision on CBD edibles
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board on Wednesday reversed decisions from last year and said it will not allow beer and wine licensees to sell edible products containing the marijuana extract called CBD.
Guilty verdict in Atlanta City Hall corruption trial
ATLANTA (AP) — A jury found a political operative and former Atlanta city employee guilty Wednesday on charges including money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery that resulted from a long-running federal investigation into corrupti...
Attorney asks Oklahoma court to stop US Senate election
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's governor should not have scheduled a special election for a soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat because Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe has not yet resigned, an attorney argued Wednesday before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Canadian troops ordered to stay away as foreign fighters flock to Ukraine
OTTAWA — Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been banned from joining the thousands of foreigners who have flocked to Ukraine in recent weeks to help fight Russia’s invasion. Vice-chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen told the House
AP FACT CHECK: Senators misrepresent Jackson on abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators painted Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as hostile to anti-abortion views, twisting words from a legal brief she co-signed years ago as evidence she would rule broadly against abortion opponents.
Cal State college system drops SAT/ACT admission requirement
In a move that squarely places California’s public universities at the forefront of the national trend to drop standardized tests, the Cal State university system will eliminate SAT and ACT exams from admission requirements, officials decided Wednesday...
GOP push against ballot drop boxes hits rural places, too
LECOMPTON, Kan. (AP) — Holes in the sidewalk outside Lecompton City Hall are a reminder that voters can drop their ballots in a box bolted there during elections. But as Republicans question the security of drop boxes, this small northeast
Albright fled the Nazis, climbed to the summit of diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright fled the Nazis as a child and climbed to the summit of diplomacy and foreign policy in the United States, breaking the glass ceiling as the first female secretary of state and setting the pace
British minister hopes for free trade deal with Canada within a year
OTTAWA — Britain's trade minister says she hopes her country can finalize a formal free trade agreement with Canada within a year now that negotiations are set to start in earnest. U.K. Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan offered that timeline in an
Saskatchewan budget: Agriculture and film industries win, music and sports fans lose
REGINA — Saskatchewan tabled its 2022-23 spending plan on Wednesday. Here's a look at some of the winners and losers: WINNERS Agriculture producers: The province is expanding the Saskatchewan Value-Added Agriculture Incentive to give producers a tax cr...
