By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature. GOP House lawmakers gave near-final passage to the bill on Monday. That now puts Tennessee just
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the bill after the Senate previously approved it without any opposition. But a particularly vocal opponent, Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, took up most of the debate time, as he argued for an amendment to allow first-cousin marriages if the couple first seeks counseling from a genetic...
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill from the state legislature that would ban access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth. In vetoing Senate Bill 233, the Governor issued a statement saying, “This divisive legislation targets
Here is the latest Hamilton County arrest report: ALLEN, CHARLES MILLARD 315 E BENNETT ST WESTPORT, 47283 Age at Arrest: 44 years old Arresting Agency: HC Sheriff Booked for Previous
There are opportunities to help in advance of the May parade and ceremony.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bipartisan bill that brings updates to the state’s workers compensation system Senate Bill 430 increases the maximum benefits for injured workers and adds a cost-of-living adjustment to those benefits beginning
Iowa lawmakers sent a bill to arm Iowa teachers to the governor’s desk on Monday, with the House approving the bill 62-36, down party lines, after the Senate approved the bill last week. The bill, House File 2586, would allow teachers to carry guns on school grounds, create a permitting process, and give armed school
Take a sprinkling of magic, lots of memories and what have you got - a Sunderland Echo tribute to National Unicorn Day. Today is the day when the UK celebrates the most popular of mythical creatures. We could not resist a magical trip into the Echo archives to see how many unicorn memories we could find. We found loads. Let’s start with a trip to Washington Arts Centre in 2003 where the Summer School play was called The Flabagast. Among the cast was Laura Middleton who played a unicorn and she...
Local organizations and businesses are invited to take part in the annual event.
An amendment to the bill, added and passes in the Senate one year ago, prohibits local governments from exploring or implementing reparations for historical slavery and its ongoing impacts. It states:
Legislation to return to the Commons with changes that would ensure conformity with UK and other law and protect claimantsThe Rwanda deportation bill has been delayed for at least one more day after the House of Lords voted for amendments that would ensure that it adheres to international and key domestic laws.The plan to spend £541m to send 300 people seeking asylum to east Africa was sent back to the House of Commons after peers voted several times to add protections for claimants to the bill....