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Kremlin group sets date for constitutional vote
MOSCOW (AP) — A working group chaired by Russia President Vladimir Putin has set a date for a nationwide vote on amendments to the country's Constitution that are widely seen as part of his efforts to extend his grip on power The working group's choice of April 22 coincides with the 150th anniversary of...
Malawi expected to see fresh presidential election in May
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi is expected to go to the polls for a fresh presidential election on May 19 after a court overturned last year’s vote, citing widespread irregularities. Parliament on Monday set the date while amending the Electoral Act, another of the Constitutional Court’s...
UN envoy urges Somalia's leaders to work together
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Somalia urged the country’s leaders on Monday to take “bold steps” to ensure that 2020 sets the fragile Horn of Africa country on a trajectory to peace and stability, not more political division and increasing extremism. James Swan said Somalia...
Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England, has been abandoned after years of legal regulatory challenges made it economically unfeasible, a spokeswoman...
Albanian president sues justice minister, 2 top officials
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's president on Monday sued the justice minister and two top officials for violating the constitution, the latest step he has taken against the left-wing Socialist Party government he accuses of violating the constitution and of links to organized crime. Ilir Meta accused the...
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans support Equal Rights Amendment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LaVonne Hirashima had two children by the time she was 20 and no time to get a college degree. Instead, the single parent doubled down at work and built a stable career in information technology, and now works for a government contractor. Still, Hirashima, 48, said she lost out on...
GOP attorneys general seek to block Equal Rights Amendment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Five Republican attorneys general are seeking to block an effort by three Democratic-led states to see the Equal Rights Amendment is adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Legal chiefs in five states — Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska and South Dakota — filed a...
Lawmakers target slavery clause in Minnesota Constitution
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Spurred by a police chief, Minnesota lawmakers launched a drive Thursday to remove from the state constitution a clause allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes. St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell, who had been bothered by the language for some time, made...
Panel advances proposal to limit gubernatorial pardon powers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Responding to an outcry over some of the previous governor's pardons, a Kentucky legislative panel gave initial approval to a proposal to put limits on the pardon powers of his successors. The measure cleared the Senate State and Local Government Committee on Wednesday. It would amend...
Governor makes history by attending gay rights rally
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear spoke against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and supported a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth during a historic appearance at a gay-rights rally Wednesday at Kentucky’s Capitol. Beshear became Kentucky's first sitting...
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