The jibe coined by Inverness-born Spectator magazine editor Fraser Nelson after the introduction of the new Hate Crime Act, was this week quoted by Lord Hope, once Scotland’s most senior judge and a former deputy president of the UK Supreme Court. It could yet be the SNP’s epitaph. In less than a fortnight, Police Scotland has been deluged with thousands of complaints, hardly any of which will result in prosecution, never mind conviction. No-one knows how or if these complaints will be recorded,...
Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors.
Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people.
Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids, including the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten involved in a ban on gender-affirming care. Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors, and blocked transgender […]
"Property taxes matter to every homeowner, business, and renter in the state."
Police are investigating several suspected offences including theft, criminal damage and racial abuse in the wake of Portsmouth's raucous promotion celebrations on Tuesday night.
Former President Donald Trump is speaking out against the Arizona Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding a law that bans inducing a miscarriage unless doing so is necessary to save the mother's life.The text of the law states, "A person who provides, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman, or procures such woman to take any medicine, drugs or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless it is...
The bill is meant to give people legal recourse if their image or voice is used in an unauthorized deepfake, but also enshrines into law rules for their commercial use Source
The anti-obscenity law is unenforceable and probably unconstitutional.
A Talkline listener texted me this week about their problems with childcare. They work so they need childcare, which is their largest single monthly expense. But if they quit work to take care of their children, they wouldn’t be able to pay their other bills. That is a common conundrum, and it is from someone
Veterinarians will not be allowed to declaw cats in Virginia starting in July, unless there are certain “therapeutic” reasons to do so.
Huntington, WV – The West Virginia Mountaineers (19-13) fell to the Marshall Thundering Herd (12-19) Wednesday night 3-2 in 11 innings. West Virginia junior Gr