Tag Archives: Politics

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's GOP-controlled Senate advanced legislation on Tuesday allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions as critics raised concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court ha...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a decision that could leave voters doing a double take, a California court ruled Tuesday that a state legislator can appear as a candidate in two races on the November ballot - o...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York City will move to end its contract with a medical services company hired to house and care for a recent influx of international migrants, following scrutiny over the firm'...

NEW YORK (AP) - The wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is seeking a delay to her criminal trial next month, saying a newly diagnosed and serious medical condition requires a "surgical procedure" wit...

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is moving ahead with the transition to an independent police service in Surrey after the mayor and council refused to part ways with the RCMP. Solicitor General Mike Fa...

EDMONTON - The cabinet minister in charge of Alberta's liquor industry says he won't impose floor prices for alcohol on the shelves, but is declining to say what other changes might be contemplated. "...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The co-chairman of a legislative committee that ordered the audit of a $19,000 lectern bought for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday he expects the report on th...

HOUSTON (AP) - Texas' attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month for Houston-area residents. The program by Harris County, where Ho...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says Parks Canada is considering closing a popular lake to boating this year because of zebra mussels. Jamie Moses, the province's natural resources minister, says t...

NEW YORK - British Columbia's credit status took a double blow on Tuesday, with S&P downgrading the province due to the risk of "outsize" deficits, and Moody's turning its outlook negative. S&...