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Wake assures protections after dropping Biden Title IX rules for LGBTQ+ students
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The News & Observer (North Carolina)Wake says the Gavin Grimm legal case guarantees NC transgender students the right to use the school restroom that matches their gender identity.
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He Was Held Captive in His Room For Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The New York Times (Connecticut)Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.
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‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Most of the books listed have LGBTQ+ themes, continuing a yearslong trend
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School board vetting of freebies, grants for Lynchburg students grows political
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via NewsAdvance.com (Virginia)A Lynchburg City School Board member pushed back against a parent's claim that the school board didn't properly vet the organization that provided free copies of the U.S. Constitution to public school…
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Virginia’s race for governor will be historic first for women
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via Inside NoVa (Virginia)(The Center Square) – Virginia's 2025 gubernatorial race is already historic—and the election is still seven months away.
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George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska)The American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most "challenged books" of 2024. Most have LGBTQ+ themes. Other objections involved references to drug addiction, slavery and sexual abuse.
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George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)The American Library Association says more than 70% of attempted bans of a given title or titles come from organized groups and elected officials, and just 16% originated with a
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Bill tracker: Braun signs bill reining in red flag law, Senate passes transgender sports bill
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)IndyStar is tracking which bills moving through the Indiana General Assembly were acted on each week.
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Virginia lawmakers reject Youngkin’s gender privacy amendment
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin tried to amend an education bill, adding language about gender identity that Democrats say had "nothing to do with the underlying bill."
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Responding to governor’s veto, Idaho Legislature passes new ‘medical freedom’ bill
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)As the Idaho Legislature ended the 2025 legislative session on Friday, lawmakers quickly passed a reworked version of a so-called medical freedom bill.
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North Dakota House rejects top-level oversight of school district compliance with state laws
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via InForum (North Dakota)The bill would have given the superintendent the power to enforce existing rules, supporters said. Opponents said it would turn the Department of Public Instruction into a "complaint department."
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Parent of trans student wins key ruling in lawsuit against California district over disclosure
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)Parent of trans student wins reinstatement of lawsuit against Northern California district over disclosure
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House removes funding increase for infant mortality program: Capitol Letter
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)House Republicans slashed a proposed increase to expand a home visit program for newborns and mothers.
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Va. lawmakers reject Youngkin’s gender privacy amendment
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via Inside NoVa (Virginia)Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin tried to amend a bill that would require school boards to send annual notifications to parents about safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms, by adding a provision to prohibit schools from disclosing students' gender identity…
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KY residents sued Beshear over gold and silver taxes the same day a new law passed
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via Courier-Journal (Kentucky)A new law gives Kentucky residents power to sue the governor over taxes paid on gold and silver. It didn't take long for a lawsuit to hit the courts.
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Town hall addresses parental rights in schools
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Legal and civil rights organizations shared their concerns with Berkeley County School District parents and stakeholders. On March 29, Goose Creek hosted a town hall-type event with a question-and…
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Maryland’s immigrant families brace for deportation under Trump
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.
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Nebraska kids would need parent’s permission to use social media under governor-backed bill
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska)Nebraska kids who want to post or scroll on social would need to get a parent's permission under a governor-backed bill that will come up for debate in the Legislature.
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Earle-Sears says she has raised $3.1M in governor’s race this year
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Her campaign says that is a first-quarter record for a GOP candidate for governor in Virginia - excluding self-funding.
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