Archives for April 2023

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer will introduce a resolution this week that would repudiate former President Trump's call to defund the FBI and Justice Department. … [Read more...] about Schumer reverses call to defund police with resolution against gutting FBI, Justice Department

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC's account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility. … [Read more...] about Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ‘pausing’ Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label

Elections officials in a central Pennsylvania county were scrambling on Monday to fix an error on more than 18,000 mail-in ballots for the spring primary, when voters will elect judges for the state Supreme Court and other positions. … [Read more...] about Printing error forces Pennsylvania county to replace ballots

After Colorado's Democratic governor signed a bill Friday banning what experts consider unproven treatments to reverse medical abortions, a federal judge temporarily halted its enforcement following a lawsuit from a religious clinic. … [Read more...] about Federal judge halts Colorado ban on ‘abortion pill reversal’

Two and a half years after it was signed into law, a measure designed to prevent New Jersey communities already dealing with sources of pollution from having to accept more of them took effect Monday. … [Read more...] about 2.5 years after signing, New Jersey environmental justice law begins