Tag Archives: Politics

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William "Sam" McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax eva...

EDMONTON - Albertans will have to wait until the fall before they learn what the federal government thinks they should get if the province quits the Canada Pension Plan. Alberta Finance Minister Nate ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed a man to run for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the sta...

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - The Yukon government is pouring cold water on a suggestion by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a bridge is being built across the Yukon River in Dawson City, after years of stru...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's policies on the trea...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking to keep a spotlight on President Joe Biden's age, House Republicans will hold a public hearing next month with the Justice Department special counsel who found evidence that ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon pitched a housing plan Thursday to get more first-time buyers into homes just days after Premier David Eby promised to build more affordabl...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter t...

TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system. The news comes weeks after members of the Association des en...

SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP says it has established a national team to help co-ordinate investigations and information sharing about extortion schemes targeting South Asian businesses in B.C., Alberta and...