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Legals for April, 11 2025
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via Daily Inter Lake (Montana)NO. 31096 C. Mark Hash Hash, Rudbach, Hutchison & Murray, PLLP Attorneys at Law 136 1st Ave. West P. O. Box 1178 Kalispell, MT 59903-1178 (406) 755-6919 cmhash@hashlaw.com MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL…
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‘We are not OK with what is going on’: Brevard students rally after teacher’s contract not renewed
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via WESH (Florida)Brevard Public Schools said it was made aware that a teacher at Satellite High School had been referring to a student by a name other than their legal name.
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‘What did I say in class today?‘: Teachers feel watched under Trump’s anti-DEI push
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon)An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.
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Group files federal complaint over Deerfield transgender student using locker room
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)A conservative group filed a complaint accusing Deerfield Public Schools of forcing middle school students to change into gym clothes in front of a transgender student.
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Churchill: New York suddenly wants to be mean to Elon Musk
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via Times Union (New York)Parents
‘Someone paid $47K to have me killed.’ Should Florida lawmakers’ addresses be secret?
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via Miami Herald (Florida)Florida senators recounted in committees their experiences with death threats and instances of round-the-clock police protection at their homes.
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Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Florida)It's the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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Brevard County teacher’s contract not renewed for not using student’s legal name
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
via WESH (Florida)A Brevard County teacher won't be returning next school year after the district says she was accused of using a student's preferred name without parent's permission.
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Social media protections, student phone ban advance again in Nebraska Legislature
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
via Norfolk Daily News (Nebraska)LINCOLN — State lawmakers are one debate away from adopting two bills backed by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen meant to increase online safety for minors and curb student phone use
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Riverside County gets special election after lawmaker suddenly resigns
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
via CalMatters (California)Bill Essayli abruptly left his Assembly seat April 1 when President Trump made him a U.S. Attorney. Here's what comes next for voters.
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Colorado justices consider when parents forfeit right to jury trial in child neglect cases
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The Gazette (Colorado)For parents involved in child neglect cases, Colorado lawmakers have given them the right to ask for a jury trial on the question of whether their children are neglected — a right they give up if they fail to appear at trial.
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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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