A bill in Utah that would make the state’s constitutional language gender-neutral cleared a Senate committee Tuesday by a unanimous vote. The legislation would remove all gender references in the state constitution, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Language such as “husband” and “wife” would be replaced with “spouse,” while “man” and “he” would be removed in […]
Officials at a Los Angeles high school said Tuesday that a lack of vaccinations does not explain an outbreak of whooping cough. Thirty students at the private school have reportedly been diagnosed with whooping cough, also known as pertussis, recently. Engelberg also told reporters that only 18 of Harvard-Westlake’s roughly 1,600 students have medical exemptions allowing them to […]
The new Democratic Kansas governor moved to reinstate protections for LGBTQ state employees in her first official act. Gov. Laura Kelly signed an executive order on Tuesday to restore a ban on anti-LGBTQ bias in hiring and employment decisions by state agencies, according to the Wichita Eagle. The ban was rescinded by one of Kelly’s conservative Republican […]
The Congressional Black Caucus called on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to resign Friday after he admitted he appeared in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. “Maya Angelou once said ‘when you know better, you do better.’ Ralph Northam has had three decades to know […]
Tennessee lawmakers this week introduced a set of bills that would allow adoption agencies to deny services to LGBT couples on religious grounds. One bill, filed by state Sen. Joey Hensley (R) and Rep. John Ragan, would allow the state’s adoption agencies to deny services to couples if those services conflict with the agency’s “sincerely held religious beliefs.” The bill […]
A New York City lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban restaurants and other food vendors from selling foie gras. Citing animal cruelty concerns, the bill from New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D) would impose fines of up to $1,000 and one year in jail for selling the fattened goose liver pâté. Rivera told […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Friday it was “too early” to tell if progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezSenate GOP expected to force vote on Green New Deal in March O’Rourke praises Ocasio-Cortez: ‘She’s freed herself from fear’ Activists go on ‘birth strike’ over climate change MORE (D-N.Y.) will help the Empire State […]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) slammed the Washington Post on Monday after the news outlet published sexual assault allegations against him that it said it was unable to corroborate. Fairfax, who earlier on Monday denied the allegations, accused the Post of “smearing” him after it published details of its reporting on the claim that contradicted his assertion that […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday accused President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, FAA communication Pentagon sets new limits on transgender service members MORE of “spreading lies” about the state’s recent legislation to expand access […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Thursday issued an order banning the use of private email accounts for state business. The Detroit Free Press reported that Whitmer’s order also prohibits elected officials from using state government accounts to conduct personal business. “State government must be open, transparent and accountable to Michigan taxpayers,” Whitmer said in announcing the […]