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ALBION — The Noble County Highway Department is moving away from using inmates from Chain O’ Lakes Correctional Facility as part of its manpower. Noble County Highway Department Superintendent Richard Rogers and Engineer Zack Smith addressed the issue with the Noble County Commissioners Monday morning. Rogers and Smith have adjusted how the highway department’s full-time work force is utilized, allowing for more productivity even when the prison crews were available. “Weâ€...

The push for Washington, D.C., to become its own state is gathering new momentum. It won overwhelming approval from district voters in a 2016 referendum. And last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, which would give the District of Columbia a representative with full voting rights and two senators.  The bill has little chance of becoming law unless the Senate gets rid of the filibuster. Still, Democrats are seizing on District of Columbia statehood as part of a broader push to ...

stuff.co.nz Eleanor Holmes-Norton represents DC in Congress, but cannot vote. Picture: Stuff.co A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday (local time) as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. Voting along party lines with minority Republicans in opposition, the House approved the bill 216-208. That’s likely the easy part, though. The proposal faces a far tougher fight in the Senate, where s...

Saskatoon / 650 CKOM Apr 24, 2021 12:22 AM Regina Pats forward Carson Denomie skates with the puck against the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Brandt Centre on April 23, 2021. (File photo courtesy of Keith Hershmiller Photography) Regina Pats forward Carson Denomie is one of the WHL’s top goal scorers, but his goal for the last two games of his junior career has nothing to do with getting on the scoresheet. “I just want to have fun with them. There’s no playoffs this year, (but that) doesn�...

The Regina Pats beat the rival Moose Jaw Warriors 4-1 on Friday night. Cole Dubinsky, Layton Feist, Drew Englo...

DC statehood OK’d by House, but Senate fight looms Ashraf Khalil The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. Approval came by a 216-208 vote along strict party lines. Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would be overwhelmingly Democratic — and the proposal faces a far tougher road in the Senate, whe...

Apr 23, 2021 In this April 21, 2021, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joins Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., left, at a news conference ahead of the House vote on H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of statehood for Washington, D.C., face a milestone moment in their decades-long movement to reshape the American political map. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — A decades-long movement to reshape the American politica...

6 hours ago in National, Trending In this April 21, 2021, photo, Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., center, joined from left by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference ahead of the House vote on H.R. 51- the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Photo: Associated Press By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decades-long movement to re...

House Approves D.C. Statehood Apr 23, 2021 People enjoy a clear warm day as the sun sets on the National Mall with with he Washington Monument see in the distance, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) — A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. Approval came by a 216-208 vote along strict party lines. Repub...

The Chicago Blackhawks were the full hockey embodiment of the Undertaker sitting up out of the coffin GIF against the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night in the 5-4 overtime comeback win. The victory was a defibrillator to their Stanley Cup Playoff chances and was helped along with a win by the Detroit Red Wings over the Dallas Stars last night. Heading into Friday night’s season series finale against the Predators, the Blackhawks sit just one point behind the Stars and three points behind...