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LGBTQ Groups Accuse Florida As ‘Anti-Gay’ But Are Promoting Pride Events In The State
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
via Florida Daily (Florida)Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A recent article by Axios titled, 'Why Florida is America's least gay-friendly state,' rounded off a host of measures supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis, they…
Parents
Florida revises school library book removal training following public outcry
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)The move comes after the Florida Department of Education told public school leaders to remove any book that contained
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
How the trans culture wars came to New York
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
via City & State NY (New York)Who pays the price when Republicans start campaigning on trans issues?
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The 2024 Above & Beyond: Pride
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
via City & State NY (New York)LGBTQ+ leaders fighting for equality across New York.
Parents
This corner of California is at the front line of parental rights battles. Now it faces a big test
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)The Inland Empire has led California's battle over parental rights in schools. A looming recall could be an early indicator of how influential those issues are.
Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Texas GOP divisions grow after fraught primaries
Saturday, June 1st, 2024
via KXAN (Texas)Tuesday's contentious runoffs laid bare the turmoil in Texas's state Republican Party. In elections that saw unprecedented levels of outside spending, the party's so-called business faction was le…
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Democrats’ Payback to Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli for Supporting Parental Rights
Friday, May 31st, 2024
via California Globe (California)'California Democrats represent the antithesis of a constitutional republic. The biggest threat to democracy in America.' That statement is from California attorney Julie Ham
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Louisiana governor to sign bill that lets parents use tax money to pay for private school
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via BRProud (Louisiana)The process will begin for K-12 schools by 2025. SB313 states these schools include private, charter, faith-based, religious, public and home-study programs.
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Historic Louisiana Gator Scholarship Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk – Bossier Press-Tribune
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via Bossier Press Tribune (Louisiana)Parents
WILL: Wisconsin Court of Appeals grants WILL request to hear free speech case & postpones scheduled jury trial
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)The News: The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has granted WILL's motion for permissive appeal, putting on hold a costly, pointless, and incoherent jury trial. WILL's client, Scarlett Johnson, is a…
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Louisiana Senate passes bill to protect teachers who reject students’ preferred pronouns
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via The Times-Picayune (Louisiana)Louisiana is one step closer to giving teachers legal protection if they refuse to use a student's preferred name or pronouns, the latest effort by the state Legislature to roll back support for transgender young people.
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Moms for Liberty supports Harford schools library committee, concerned with membership
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)After two years of raising concerns over what they referred to as explicit content in school libraries, the Harford County chapter of Moms for Liberty says the school system's new Library Materials…
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Can California Supreme Court strike the right balance on bail?
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)The state Supreme Court will soon weigh fairness to defendants versus public safety in the California bail system.
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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan takes early lead over David Covey in GOP runoff
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Speaker Dade Phelan has been targeted by his party's right wing and finished the March primary in second place to challenger David Covey.
Parents
Measure to restrict the rights of trans youth fails to qualify for California ballot
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)A California initiative that would have banned gender-confirming care and required teachers to out students to their parents failed to qualify for the ballot.
Parents
Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California’s November ballot
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Supporters of the measure said that schools were infringing on "parental rights" by supporting students' gender identity.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Report urges state action to combat rising attacks against LGBTQ youth, families, and educators
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)'The attacks being seen on the ground by advocates and youth include book bans, LGBTQ flag removals in schools, graffiti, drag story hour protests, drag show bans, curriculum disputes, [and] harassment at school committee meetings," the report said.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to controversial materials
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a…
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Slain Tri-Cities paraeducator spent years asking judges to protect her from ex-husband
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via The Columbian (Washington)KENNEWICK — Amber Rodriguez told judges and investigators she was scared of her ex-husband's potential for violence years before he killed her.
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