- Ohio voters have resoundingly defeated a Republican-backed ballot measure to raise the voter threshold necessary to amend the state constitution from 50%+1 to 60%. It's generally recognized that this measure was an attempt to prevent an abortion rights amendment from being introduced. Notably, the turnout was higher than expected; it's almost as if the young folks can't be counted on to stay home on election day anymore. This bodes well for the Democrats next year.
- A recent poll indicates that Americans' views on climate change are more nuanced than you'd expect based on what you hear from the political class, although Republicans gonna Republican.
- The Greenbelt scandal in Ontario proceeds apace. Whether Ford's opening up of the Greenbelt can be stopped, though, remains to be seen.
- At least 55 people are now dead following the wildfires in Maui, with pretty much all of Lahaina destroyed. Meanwhile Ottawa has the opposite problem.
- Management at Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries are getting raises, even as rank and file staff are striking for a far more modest raise. The province seems to have a bit of a double standard here. I guess we can expect more booze shortages for the time being.
- A trustee with southeast Winnipeg's Louis Riel School Division, who was suspended in June for hate-related online activity, is now being investigated for possible conflict of interest as a result of a payment from a far-right activist in a completely different city. It's almost as if her purpose in running was to represent Winkler, not her own ward.
- That's no asteroid, that's a space station!
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