FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to lay the foundation to attract nuclear energy projects to a state where coal has dominated and fueled the economy for generations. Republican Sen. Danny Carroll said Kentucky should embrace a cross-section of sources — including coal, natural gas and renewable energy — to meet […]
A growing number of major Oklahoma school districts are publicly lining up behind Edmond Public Schools in that district’s lawsuit against state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the state Board of Education. The battle is over who should choose the books in school libraries? State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters […]
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would underscore the body’s “support for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as practicable,” according to the text seen by Reuters on Monday. Washington has been averse to the word ceasefire in any U.N. […]
EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell has said that the Russian-Ukrainian war “would have been different” if the European Union had not wavered in its support for Ukraine. Source: Borrell at the Munich Security Conference, European Pravda reports, citing Ukrinform news agency Quote: “Supplying Leopard [tanks]? No, this could lead to an escalation. We will supply […]
The Netherlands has joined a military coalition of allies that will supply Ukraine with advanced drone technology to bolster its “offensive potential” in the war against Russia, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said, Reuters reported on Feb. 14. Read also: Latvia to provide Ukraine with helicopters and howitzers in new aid package The Netherlands also […]
The abbot of the Dnipropetrovsk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), who supported Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, has received a real prison term. Source: Security Service of Ukraine (SSU); Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office; Ukrainska Pravda’s source in law enforcement agencies Details: Based on the evidence gathered by the special […]
Several Iowa State University faculty members have created a petition supporting the school’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office. The petition was sparked by recommendations from the Iowa Board of Regents, which has instructed the state’s three public universities to eliminate all staff positions focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion that are “unnecessary” for the school’s […]
The City of Pittsburgh is exploring whether it could support a professional basketball team. Pittsburgh’s Sports and Exhibition Authority agreed to pay a consulting firm up to $90,000 for a feasibility study. The study would look at the demand for an NBA or WNBA team in Pittsburgh. It will also examine the potential economic benefits […]
Continued support for Ukraine should remain a key priority for the European Union, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said at the European Parliament on Feb. 7. “We must support Ukraine and its people,” the parliament’s press service quotes Iohannis. Read also: Ukrainian Parliament approves bill to use Canadian funding to complete Holodomor Museum He added that […]
The group Decriminalize Denton is taking legal action to intervene in a lawsuit that Attorney Ken Paxton filed last week against Denton and four other cities that have ordinances decriminalizing low levels of marijuana use. Decriminalize Denton announced Monday that it filed a petition seeking dismissal of Paxton’s lawsuit on the grounds that it has […]
A Ukrainian Supreme Court official has been declared suspected of supporting Russia’s invasion, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Feb. 5. The man was unnamed but described by the SBU as “the head of one of the structural divisions of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.” The SBU said that evidence includes recorded conversations […]
Feb. 2—MORGANTOWN — House Speaker Roger Hanshaw stepped down from his dais on Friday to promote a bill to give $2 million to WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to support its groundbreaking research. And the House held an extended debate on a resolution to support Texas in its fight with the Biden administration over border security. […]