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Courts rule in favor of transgender students, citing Supreme Court’s LGBTQ discrimination ruling
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths' use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in favor of transgender students by striking down school restrictions on restrooms and locker rooms and upholding policies that support students' sexual identities.
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Our View: Interrogate 9-R school board candidates
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Durango Herald (Colorado)Around Durango, boxes for school-supply donations signal it's time for students to open the notebooks, fire up calculators and see classmates they've missed over the summer. Durango School District 9-...
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Former West Side church pastor charged with child sexual assault
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Madison.com (Wisconsin)The pastor "denies that he did anything wrong," his attorney stated Thursday.
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More people are coming to Mass. to end their pregnancies
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)More people from out of state are coming to Massachusetts to end their pregnancies.
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Orange Unified becomes third local district to consider gender identification
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Inside a packed meeting, attendees delivered emotional testimonies about a polarizing social issue that's picking up steam across California.
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World chess organization FIDE issues ban on transgender women competing in women’s events
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)A world chess organization said: 'The player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE's decision is made.'
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Convention center set to move forward in Lake County
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The Lake County Board of Commissioners is preparing to hire a consultant to put together specifications for a potential Lake County convention center.
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Lake County opts in to expanded state funding for local public health services
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Lake County is opting in to a new state program aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers by significantly increasing state funding for local public health services.
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Even after Planned Parenthood stopped performing abortions, Texas is trying to shut it down
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via El Paso Times (Texas)El Paso's Planned Parenthood is located at 1511 E Missouri Ave., Suite 150.
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Planned Parenthood stopped abortions, Texas is trying to shut it down
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via El Paso Times (Texas)El Paso's Planned Parenthood is located at 1511 E Missouri Ave., Suite 150.
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Retiring as director of Madison Public Library, Greg Mickells reflects on 11 years of changes big and small
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via Madison.com (Wisconsin)"Libraries are becoming this center in the communities ... to address a lot of the social issues that communities experience," Mickells said.
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Rising teen drug overdoses have advocates pushing for ‘reality …
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)Read current independent Nevada news: Rising teen drug overdoses have advocates pushing for ‘reality-based' approaches.
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State of Texas continues trying to shut down Planned Parenthood
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via Texas Tribune (Texas)For more than a decade, the state has been trying and failing to chase Planned Parenthood out of Texas.
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Back to school in NKY: Restrooms, sex ed policies change with state anti-trans law
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via Cincinnati.com (Ohio)LGBTQ+
Republican governor candidates blast legal system following Trump indictment
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)All four candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana governor are condemning the judicial system following the latest criminal indictment of Donald Trump.
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Governor picks new leaders for Indiana commerce agency
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)Gov. Eric Holcomb has selected David Rosenberg, chief operating officer at the Indiana Economic Development Corp., as Indiana's new secretary of commerce.
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Former Miss Texas running to unseat long-time GOP state representative
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Averie Bishop became the first Asian-American winner of the Miss Texas competition in its...
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Even after Planned Parenthood stopped performing abortions, Texas is still trying to shut it down
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)A lawsuit filed by the state of Texas poses an existential threat for Planned...
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Indiana appeals court clarifies when police can arrest alleged trespasser
Monday, August 14th, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)The ruling may burden police officers by requiring them to find the property owner or the owner's agent before removing an obviously unwelcome person from a property.
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