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Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags in public school classrooms was passed by the GOP-led Tennessee House on Monday after Republicans cut a heated debate short...
Feb 26, 2024
Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky's near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated ...
Feb 26, 2024
Letter containing white powder sent to Donald Trump Jr.'s home
MIAMI (AP) - Emergency crews responded Monday after a letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to the Florida home of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President and GOP front-...
Feb 26, 2024
Republican Mississippi governor ignores Medicaid expansion and focuses on jobs in State of the State
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he intentionally avoided hot-button issues and political conflict in his State of the State speech Monday, instead calling for legisl...
Feb 26, 2024
Bill supporting development of nuclear energy powers to pass in Kentucky Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to lay the foundation to attract nuclear energy projects to a state where coal has dominated and fueled the economy for generation...
Feb 26, 2024
US Rep. Andy Kim sues over what he calls New Jersey's 'cynically manipulated' ballot system
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates who have the support of political party leaders and should be scrapped, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who's locked in...
Feb 26, 2024
B.C. workers on minimum wage will see an increase of 65 cents per hour June 1
VICTORIA - Minimum-wage workers in British Columbia will get a pay hike of 65 cents an hour to $17.40 starting June 1, a move the government says will help lift more people out of poverty. The Ministr...
Feb 26, 2024
Mothers of teens who died by suicide after being targeted online urge passage of bill
The mothers of two Canadian teens who died by suicide after they were targeted by online tormentors urged parliamentarians to pass new legislation introduced Monday to protect kids on the internet. "S...
Feb 26, 2024
Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi legislators diluted the power of Black voters by drawing too few majority-Black state House and Senate districts after the most recent Census, an attorney representin...
Feb 26, 2024
New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Democrats in the New York Legislature on Monday rejected a congressional map drawn by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission, setting the stage for the party to craft line...
Feb 26, 2024
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