Politics

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's auditor is to investigate the province's procurement and payment practices when people on social assistance need to stay at hotels.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges on Thursday blocked portions of a new law that would transfer Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members to the Republican-dominated General Assembly.

Nearly one in 10 scientists say they have experienced political or workplace pressure to alter their findings, suggests a newly published paper surveying hundreds of researchers in government, academia and the private sector.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his closing arguments for remaining a member of the House, a defiant Rep.

VANCOUVER — A rookie surveillance officer with Canada's spy agency and another officer decades her senior were tracking a person in British Columbia in the summer of 2019 when they lost sight of their target.

LANSING, Mich.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s budget surplus is growing, but will be offset by more than $1 billion this year to pay for floods, forest fires and drought. Finance Minister Nate Horner says the province is on track to record a $5.

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected Kari Lake’s request to examine signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters, giving the defeated Arizona Republican candidate for governor another loss in her third trial related to last year’s election.

MENLO PARK, Calif.