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Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken ‘pretty disappointed’ after SD legislative session
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Argus Leader (South Dakota)Among the mayor's concerns were what he called the
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Newsom administration misses deadline, loses out on Medi-Cal dollars
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via CalMatters (California)Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration didn't file necessary paperwork in time to receive millions of dollars that could have gone to Medi-Cal.
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California Assembly committee blocks anti-trans athlete bills after emotional hearing
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The Sacramento Bee (California)Committee Chair Chris Ward said he agreed to consider the bills to dispel misinformation.
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A few final points from an exciting high school winter sports season; what we missed
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)While we try to get stories and commentary out in a timely fashion, the whirlwind that is the end of winter sometimes prevents that from happening.
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Trump administration targets California sex ed program
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via The Mercury News (California)The probe targets California's Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), a national, $75 million program that teaches youth and teens about abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy…
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Wisconsinites celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility with proposed legislation, flag raising • Wisconsin Examiner
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Wisconsin Democrats and city of Madison leaders recognized transgender visibility day in Wisconsin Monday, introducing legislation that would provide protections for people and raising the transgender pride flag. This year's International Transgender Day of Visibility comes amid a political environment in which trans people have been targeted by new proposed federal and state restrictions. Wisconsin […]
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Senate Bill 1 restricting trans athletes getting closer to becoming law
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via FOX 5 Atlanta (Georgia)Senate Bill 1, known as the Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act, is headed back to the Georgia House of Representative.
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‘A solution looking for a problem’: Opponents decry South Dakota bathroom bill recently signed by Gov. Larry Rhoden
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)Bill supporters consider it common sense. But opponents say the legislation creates fear, solves a problem that doesn't exist and puts transgender youth at risk of bullying and more.
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Exhaustive debate; Bathroom bills; God & government; Honoring Chuck Johnson
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via Montana Public Radio (Montana)Two Republican Senate leaders continue to battle allegations of ethics violations. The governor signs two anti-trans bills into law. The House takes up the main budget bill. A Kalispell Republican…
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Walmart fires woman who reported anti-trans threats from man in bathroom
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)Dani Davis said she was fired from a Walmart store a week after a man entered the women's bathroom and yelled anti-trans threats at her.
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Ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports in Georgia nears the finish line • Georgia Recorder
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Georgia Recorder (Georgia)A Senate bill aimed at barring transgender girls from playing on girls' school sports teams passed a milestone toward becoming law Tuesday.
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Georgia ban on transgender girls, women playing female sports inches toward passage
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)Transgender student-athletes could soon be blocked from playing K-12 and college team sports based on their 'self-identification.'
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What’s at stake when Feds investigate local accommodations for trans students
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)The Department of Education announced an investigation into Illinois schools, Chicago Public Schools and Deerfield Public School District 109 after conservative groups filed complaints.
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Mead School Board to discuss ‘noncompliant’ transgender students policy at Monday meeting
Monday, March 24th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)The Mead School Board will evaluate its 'transgender students' policy at the next school board meeting Monday as it awaits potential backing from federal officials.
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Maplewood Designates March 31 Transgender Day of Visibility
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
via TAPinto (New Jersey)Maplewood, NJ, honors Transgender Day of Visibility with a proclamation, celebrating the resilience of the trans community. Join us on March 31!
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Anti-trans bathroom bill that would open state up to lawsuits passes committee, constitutionality in question
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)The bill targets transgender people and would open up government entities to lawsuits from anyone who 'encounters a person of the opposite sex' in public bathrooms.
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Anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’, ‘parental rights bill’ advance in N.H.
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)House Bill 148 would roll back protections that became law in 2018 under former governor Chris Sununu, and both the House and the Senate advanced their own versions of a Republican priority this year:…
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Conversation on trans athletes hits Evansville as some locals protest Riley Gaines speech
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via Courier & Press (Indiana)Former college swimmer Riley Gaines held an event at Mater Dei High School with a handful of local protestors outside.
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Secret political group buying text messages targeting trans issues in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin)Huge Savings: Subscribe today to enjoy sports, entertainment, life, money, tech, and travel news along with videos, apps, and more.
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