CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former senior White House aide with deep political connections, announced on Thursday that she’s running for Congress in her home state of New Hampshire. Goodlander, who is married to President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is the third Democrat to enter the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, a fellow Democrat who announced in March that she would not seek a seventh term in the state’s 2nd Congressional District. At least five Republicans also have announced their candidacies to represent the district, which stretc ..read more

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns. A ruling by Justice Amy Francis says “highly publicized incidences” of COVID-19 outbreaks on mink farms prompted provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to order the industry to “take various measures to prevent the spread of the virus,” in July 2021. The ruling says the province then moved to ban mink farming in November 2021, to phase it out completed by April 2025, when all activities including keeping and dealing in pelts will be ..read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 2024 regular session of the South Carolina General Assembly ends Thursday and will perhaps be better remembered for the things that didn’t pass. South Carolina remains one of just two states along with Wyoming to not have a hate crimes bill. A proposal allowing medical marijuana again made it through the Senate only to die across the Statehouse lobby in the House. Liquor stores won’t be open on Sunday any time soon and a bill to widely expand private school vouchers was pushed hard by House leaders but got nowhere in the Senate. There were some new laws passed big and ..read more

OTTAWA — Prominent business groups are backtracking their claim that one in five Canadians would be affected by the federal government’s proposed changes to capital gains taxation. In a letter sent to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and other groups said the government’s assertion that only the wealthiest Canadians will be affected was misleading. The group claimed one in five Canadians would end up paying higher taxes over the next decade — but the study from which that figure was taken suggests otherwise. The 2023 study by Simon Fraser University’s ..read more

Maddeaux said that an email containing ‘smear attacks’ against her was sent to party members The post Sabrina Maddeaux suspends Conservative nomination campaign alleging misconduct appeared first on Loonie Politics ..read more

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s education minister says his threat to dissolve school districts that don’t adhere to the province’s policy change affecting LGBTQ students also extends to francophone school boards. Bill Hogan was asked in the legislature Wednesday why he moved to dissolve an anglophone school district that is against applying the new gender identity policy in its schools when he has not acted against francophone school districts that also oppose the policy.  The 2023 changes to Policy 713 require students under 16 who are exploring their gender identity to have parental cons ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson’s job isn’t safe yet. In a stunning show of unity in the often divided House, Democrats joined a majority of Republicans on Wednesday to save the GOP speaker from an attempt by fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from his post. But while Democrats in the minority threw the Louisiana congressman a life raft by voting on his side, they made clear they might not do so again. That means the threat for Johnson still lingers as Greene and other lawmakers can at any time call up another motion to oust him. The episode highlights the increasingly ..read more

It’s fair to describe the situation as a stalemate that could easily get worse. The universities seem to be waiting for that to happen The post Randall Denley: Ontario better call the cops on campus keffiyeh camps, because universities won’t appeared first on Loonie Politics ..read more

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a measure on Thursday to rebuild Baltimore’s historic but antiquated Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control. Under the new law, Maryland can use $400 million in state bonds to rebuild the home of the second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. The 149th running of the race is set for May 18. “Because of this bill, we have a path forward to continue running the Preakness in Maryland and renovate the historic Pimlico Race Course,” Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Democrat, said as Moore nodde ..read more

OTTAWA — Canada’s Competition Bureau says it will begin a market study focused on the Canadian airline sector. It will look into the state of competition in the airline industry and how governments can make improvements. In a market study, the bureau examines barriers to competition, such as regulations or policies, within a specific sector. Melissa Fisher, a deputy commissioner with the bureau, made the announcement while testifying in front of a parliamentary committee studying airline competition in Canada. She says this will be the first study under new powers the organization gained in De ..read more