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South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors

South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors

COLUMBIA, S.C.
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Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax

Democratic Gov.
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California proposal to ban youth tackle football clears first legislative hurdle

California proposal to ban youth tackle football clears first legislative hurdle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers who want to ban tackle football for kids under 12 to reduce brain injuries gained ground Wednesday in the Legislature but still face a very long field and a clock that is ticking.
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Police investigation finds Colorado US Rep. Lauren Boebert didn’t punch ex-husband as he claimed

Police investigation finds Colorado US Rep. Lauren Boebert didn’t punch ex-husband as he claimed

DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep.
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No Labels hits signature threshold to become political party in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — No Labels, a political group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket, has reached the required signature threshold to become a political party in Maryland, a state elections official said Wednesday.
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Small-town Nebraska voters remove school board member who tried to pull books from libraries

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Voters decided to remove a small-town Nebraska school member from office after she tried to have dozens of books pulled from school libraries.
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People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan

People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada study confirms that financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions.
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Nebraska lawmaker seeks to block November ballot effort outlawing taxpayer money for private schools

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker behind a new law that would divert millions in state income tax to scholarships for private school tuition is now seeking to have an effort to repeal the law yanked from the November ballot.
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Respiratory season hits parts of Canada as head of ER doctors' group wants better planning

Respiratory season hits parts of Canada as head of ER doctors' group wants better planning

VANCOUVER — The head of a national group of emergency room doctors says he's "disgusted" that provinces and territories have generally not planned for expected overcrowding in ERs, especially as respiratory season starts to peak in many areas. Dr.
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Opposition calls for Alberta to dump imported fever medicine amid health concerns

Opposition calls for Alberta to dump imported fever medicine amid health concerns

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition says it’s time to dump once and for all the remaining bottles of imported Turkish children’s fever medicine, given a new report states the liquid clogs hospital feeding tubes and can put newborns at risk of severe illn
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