Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes

Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol on Monday ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot. The amendment would guarantee some of the nation’s broadest protections of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights if it is … Read more

10 states with the most money

10 states with the most money

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as part of his Investing in America agenda, during a visit to Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, U.S., May 8, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration has announced $537 billion in infrastructure investments since the passage of landmark government funding bills, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure … Read more

Rishi Sunak warns Britain is at a crossroads ahead of general election

Rishi Sunak warns Britain is at a crossroads ahead of general election

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts as he leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on May 8, 2024. Adrian Dennis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will declare on Monday that Britain is at a “crossroads” and in need of bold new ideas as he seeks to reignite … Read more

Sebi: Sebi probing charges of ‘coerced’ voting to delist broking arm of ICICI

Sebi: Sebi probing charges of ‘coerced’ voting to delist broking arm of ICICI

Mumbai: Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is examining allegations made by some minority shareholders of ICICI Securities that they were coerced by the relationship managers (RMs) of its parent ICICI Bank to vote in favour of a proposal to delist the stock broking arm. These small investors have also moved the company law … Read more

1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support

1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session’s final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues. Republican Rep. Josiah Magnuson has been against the … Read more

Donald Trump shuts down Nikki Haley VP rumors

Donald Trump shuts down Nikki Haley VP rumors

Combination showing Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (L) and Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, campaigning in New Hampshire on Jan. 23rd, 2024. Reuters Donald Trump on Saturday made it clear that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not on his running mate … Read more

Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballot

Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Advocates on Friday turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot this year. The campaign said it turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures — more than double the minimum 171,000 needed to qualify for the ballot. “Our … Read more

Why election polls were wrong in 2016 and 2020 — and what’s changing

Why election polls were wrong in 2016 and 2020 — and what’s changing

Voters fill out their ballots on January 23, 2024 in Loudon, New Hampshire. With Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropping out of the race two days earlier, Republican presidential candidates former President Donald Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are battling it out in this first-in-the-nation primary. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images 2014 was the … Read more

Britain’s ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears

Britain’s ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears

New Labour Party MP for Blackpool South, Chris Webb (C) reacts as his win is announced at the count centre in Blackpool, north-west England on May 3, 2024, during the Blackpool South by-election.  Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty Images U.K. leader Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered significant losses at a flurry of local elections … Read more

Medicaid expansion discussions could fall apart in Republican-led Mississippi

Medicaid expansion discussions could fall apart in Republican-led Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid appeared to be crumbling Thursday as leaders argued over whether to let voters decide the issue. Under pressure during the final days of a four-month session, House and Senate negotiators released a proposal Monday to authorize Medicaid coverage for tens of … Read more