Tag Archives: Politics

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can't get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week a...

EDMONTON - Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices. Finance Minister Nate Horner says the fuel ta...

Winnipeg's landmark intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street will be reopening to pedestrian traffic after more than 40 years. Councillors voted 11-3 Thursday to reopen the intersection to pedes...

HOUSTON (AP) - "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Rarely have voters' answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question o...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday he won't run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he would re...

A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry's biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot produc...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose joined other GOP statewide officeholders Thursday in endorsing his former rival, Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno - after a bruising a...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing - at least not today. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Qubcois all voted against a Conservative motion calling...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A key measure to combat homelessness personally backed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely passed despite his multi-million-dollar campaign supporting it, reflecting v...

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's government is rejecting Opposition accusations its new budget hangs Saskatchewan residents out to dry when it comes to affordability. During question period Thursday, NDP ...