In 2021, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that said K-12 students must participate in sports that coincide with the gender they were assigned at birth. Now, the same applies to college athletes.
The Georgia Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by college professors seeking the removal of a law that allows firearms on college campuses.
Ema Culberson, having taken a year off after completing high school to work at Silver Star Mountain Resort, was torn between going to school and enjoying another ski season. “I was a ‘lifty’ at Silver Star, and I loved that experience,” Culberson said. “That’s what made me curious about other opportunities that might be possible in the future, working in the same industry but branching out into areas that seemed just as much fun, like events-planning. A lot of people I know that...
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) - Friday, Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that restricts ghost guns in Colorado. This signing coincides with National Gun Violence Awareness Day. SB23-279, Unserialized Firearms and Firearm Components, will take action to combat gun violence by targeting unserialized firearms, known as ghost guns. These types of firearms are untraceable.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL)- School districts have started preparing for Summer Food Programs to feed children who rely on school meals. Most summer food programs are funded by the US Department of Agriculture and only offer on-site meals for children under the age of 18, but federal rules have changed. The USDA has now made []
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill banning build-at-home firearms without serial numbers. The so-called ghost guns allow buyers to evade background checks and impede law enforcement’s ability to trace a firearm’s origin, and they’ve grown increasingly popular nationwide. Polis signed the bill into
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — Second Harvest Food Bank and Feeding Southwest Virginia held a press conference Friday to thank Reps. Diana Harshbarger and Morgan Griffith for their efforts to get the Appropriations Act of 2023 passed into law. The act gives schools and other community partners the ability to give out food for children and []
A month after legislation was advanced, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a ban on transgender women participating in female college sports.
‘UnPHILtered’: Three new laws to help students get to college found at WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Three new laws have been passed recently that will help Indiana students working towards college, and the 21st Century Scholars Program is continuing to help students get there. On the latest “UnPHILtered” with Phil Sanchez, MJ Slaby, a writer with News 8 partner Chalkbeat, joins News 8 to take a deeper look […]
“Look, if you are a biological male, you are not going to be competing in women’s and girls’ sports in Alabama. It’s about fairness, plain and simple,” Ivey said in a statement.
Governor Josh Shapiro, Democratic legislators and law enforcement officials gathered to highlight two recent house bills focused on gun violence prevention that were passed out of the Pennsylvania state House. One bill would expand background checks, and the other would introduce a red flag law. Expanded background checks would include private purchases at gun shows. []
Pressure mounts on City University of New York over anti-Zionist commencement address, with lawmakers, Jewish groups and civil rights outfits hitting college system from both sides