Politics

Heated North Carolina governor's race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson

RALEIGH, N.C.

Mar 5, 2024 10:10 PM Read more >

Californians vote on measure governor says he needs to tackle homelessness crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians voted on a statewide ballot measure that is touted by the governor as a major step to tackle homelessness and would be the first major update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years.

Mar 5, 2024 9:48 PM Read more >

Biden beats long-shot challenger Dean Phillips in the congressman's home state of Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden dealt challenger Dean Phillips a Super Tuesday defeat in the Minnesota congressman's home state, while former President Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in the state's Republican primary.

Mar 5, 2024 9:35 PM Read more >

US Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas fends off challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Womack has won the Republican nomination for his seat in northwest Arkansas, fending off a longshot challenge on the right from a state legislator.

Mar 5, 2024 9:19 PM Read more >

No working rink at prison where MP says notorious inmates play pickup hockey: agency

OTTAWA — Canada's prison service says there has been no functioning ice hockey rink for the past two winters at an institution where a Conservative MP says notorious inmates can play "taxpayer-funded serial killer pickup hockey.

Mar 5, 2024 8:33 PM Read more >

Thousands of voters in Alabama district drawn to boost Black political power got wrong information

MONTGOMERY, Ala.

Mar 5, 2024 6:47 PM Read more >

PacifiCorp ordered to pay Oregon wildfire victims another $42M. Final bill could reach billions

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day 2020 — the latest verdict in litigation that is expected to see the electric utility on the hook for bill

Mar 5, 2024 5:59 PM Read more >

New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen.

Mar 5, 2024 5:55 PM Read more >

Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona bill that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry has been vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs .

Mar 5, 2024 5:21 PM Read more >

B.C. ombudsperson calls rules that allow private roads to be made public 'unjust'

VICTORIA — A report by British Columbia's ombudsperson suggests a decades-old portion of the Transportation Act has holes big enough for a logging truck to drive through.

Mar 5, 2024 5:11 PM Read more >