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Drag queens defend their livelihood while lawmakers try to define ‘adult live performances’
Florida

Drag queens defend their livelihood while lawmakers try to define ‘adult live performances’

Mar 24, 2023
Kansas ADA violation claims put under new scrutiny in bill called ‘nuclear warhead’
Kansas

Kansas ADA violation claims put under new scrutiny in bill called ‘nuclear warhead’

Mar 24, 2023
Beshear vetoes anti-trans, ‘parents rights’ bill
Kentucky

Beshear vetoes anti-trans, ‘parents rights’ bill

Mar 24, 2023
Whole Woman’s Health opens clinic in Albuquerque
New Mexico

Whole Woman’s Health opens clinic in Albuquerque

Mar 24, 2023
State prison population expected to shoot up as pandemic court backlog eases
Minnesota

State prison population expected to shoot up as pandemic court backlog eases

Mar 24, 2023
Ohio bill lowering police officer minimum age gets support from young officers
Ohio

Ohio bill lowering police officer minimum age gets support from young officers

Mar 24, 2023
Lapeer District Library latest target for campaign against LGBTQ+ book
Michigan

Lapeer District Library latest target for campaign against LGBTQ+ book

Mar 24, 2023
Public-sector bill will dismantle unions, but they’re not going down without a fight
Florida

Public-sector bill will dismantle unions, but they’re not going down without a fight

Mar 23, 2023
Most Oregon congressional members support restoring some land rights to Grand Ronde Tribe
Oregon

Most Oregon congressional members support restoring some land rights to Grand Ronde Tribe

Mar 23, 2023
Survivors of sex crimes want ‘lifetime probation’ to look more like a lifetime
Arizona

Survivors of sex crimes want ‘lifetime probation’ to look more like a lifetime

Mar 23, 2023
Proposal would require transgender youth to have parents’ permission for different name at school
Louisiana

Proposal would require transgender youth to have parents’ permission for different name at school

Mar 23, 2023
House passes safe storage bills as gun reform package makes way through Legislature
Michigan

House passes safe storage bills as gun reform package makes way through Legislature

Mar 23, 2023
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Massachusetts

Healey warns pharmacies to keep abortion meds stocked

Mar 23, 2023
Michigan GOP Chair Karamo repeatedly defends linking Holocaust to gun reform bills
Michigan

Michigan GOP Chair Karamo repeatedly defends linking Holocaust to gun reform bills

Mar 23, 2023
Arizona Republicans say their anti-drag show bills don’t target drag shows
Arizona

Arizona Republicans say their anti-drag show bills don’t target drag shows

Mar 22, 2023
The file for the lawsuit challenging Wyoming's new abortion-ban law grew larger on Tuesday with the filing of dozens of pages of new pleadings. (Angus M. Thuermer, Jr./WyoFile)
Wyoming

OB-GYN: Abortion ban already a life-threatening risk to six women

Mar 22, 2023
Threats of violence shut down Eastern Kentucky drag show fundraiser 
Kentucky

Threats shut down Eastern Kentucky drag show fundraiser 

Mar 22, 2023
Warning: Proposed anti-libel legislation would open Florida to ‘libel tourism’
Florida

Warning: Proposed anti-libel legislation would open Florida to ‘libel tourism’

Mar 22, 2023
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Wyoming

Judge blocks abortion ban citing separation of powers

Mar 22, 2023
Poverty infringes on all our prosperity author Matthew Desmond says
Pennsylvania

Poverty infringes on all our prosperity, author Matthew Desmond says ahead of HBG appearance

Mar 22, 2023

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