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Apr 23 2024
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Tennessee GOP-led Senate spikes bill seeking to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bill designed to ban public school classrooms was spiked Tuesday after it failed to attract enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate. The proposal had easily cleared the Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill’s sponsor said he had parents complain about “political flags” in classrooms. However, the proposal dragged in the Senate as
Associated PressDec 29 2023
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Iowa law banning discussion of LGBTQ issues in classrooms
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1 but already had resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa schools. The law, which the Republican-led
New York Post (News)Apr 17 2024
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KC lawmaker presents bill targeting LGBTQ discrimination, likely for last time
Testimony on the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, which would outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in housing, employment and other areas, has become a near annual occurrence at the Capitol. And each year, lacking the support of the Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate, the legislation known as MONA fails. But this year’s hearing held additional significance: Sen. Greg
St. Louis Post-DispatchMar 24 2024
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LGBTQ+ history coming to US schools
Schools in Washington state will be required to teach students about the history and contributions of LGBTQ+ people under a new law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this week. Senate Bill 5462, which passed both state chambers earlier this year without any support from Republicans, mandates that school districts in Washington "adopt inclusive curricula and select diverse, equitable, inclusive
NewsweekApr 23 2024
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F.T.C. Issues Ban on Worker Noncompete Clauses
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday banned employers from limiting their workers’ abilities to work for rivals, a sweeping change that the agency says could help raise wages and increase competition among businesses.
The move bars contracts known as noncompetes, which prevent workers from leaving for a competitor for a certain amount of time, in most circumstances. The agency has
New York Times (News)Apr 19 2024
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Abortion: a troubling issue for Trump's Republicans
"Donald Trump has an abortion problem," said Eric Levitz on Vox. He's ahead of Joe Biden on most election issues, but trailing badly on this one. It's an awkward subject for him. It was his judicial appointments that enabled the overturning two years ago of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 supreme court ruling that introduced a constitutional right to abortion. The fulfilment of a decades-long Republican
The Week - NewsApr 18 2024
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Tornado warning issued for metro-east
A tornado warning has been issued until 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the metro-east, the National Weather Service said.
The areas in the warning include St. Clair and Madison counties and northwestern Monroe County.
A line of severe thunderstorms began rolling into the St. Louis metro area late Thursday afternoon.
Mike Koziatek joined the Belleville News-Democrat in 1998 as an
Belleville News-DemocratOct 26 2023
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New House speaker's views on LGBTQ issues under fresh scrutiny
The unexpected elevation of fourth-term Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to speaker of the House on Wednesday swiftly prompted unforgiving criticism and fresh scrutiny on the once obscure representative’s views on LGBTQ rights.
Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, said Johnson would be “the most anti-equality” speaker in U.S.
NBC News (Online)Apr 18 2024
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Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting
The United Methodist Church could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday. On the ballot are proposals to drop restrictions on the roles available to LGBTQ people in the denomination, to eliminate policy language calling homosexuality “
Washington TimesApr 23 2024
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UNRWA: Review finds 'neutrality' issues, no terror proof
An independent panel called on Monday for "immediate improvement" to maintain neutrality by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
The assessment was ordered after Israel claimed 12 UNRWA aid workers may have participated in the October 7 terror attack on southern Israel.
French diplomat Catherine Colonna, who headed the
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