State Houses
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Pro-biological sex clothing brand sues Colorado for 'deadnaming' law as Trump, DOJ squeeze Calif.
"Colorado officials have not hesitated" to threaten businesses for similar wrongthink, "torching the First Amendment in the process," XX-XY Athletics' suit says. DOJ supports girls challenging California transgender sports law.
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New Hampshire Democrat lawmaker compares keeping men out of women sports to racial Jim Crow era
Comments came during a debate over a bill to keep biological men out of women’s locker rooms and sporting events.
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DOJ, free speech group fight Maine Democrats' voting ban on GOP lawmaker: 'tinpot dictatorship'
Democratic House members "regularly show minors on their social media without reprisal," opposite of disenfrancisement and censorship of GOP Rep. Laurel Libby for before-and-after gender transition photo, DOJ tells 1st Circuit.
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Maryland's Wes Moore, the country's only sitting black governor, vetoes reparations bill
“I will always protect and defend the full history of African Americans in our state and country,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
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Florida GOP Gov DeSantis signs bill into law banning fluoride in water
The bill passed the state legislature last month, requiring fluoride and some other additives to be removed from the state's water sources.
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Calif Dem Gov Newsom seeks pause on free healthcare for low-income illegal immigrants
The initial plan to expand California's free healthcare benefits to all low-income illegal immigrants ran $2.7 billion more than Gov. Newsom's administration expected.
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'Department of Tyranny': GOP lawmakers fight Democrats' punishment for representing constituents
Oregon state rep faces penalties up to expulsion for protesting Democrats' bills to pay for tampons in boys' bathrooms, keep sexually graphic books in school libraries by reading from one of them on the floor.
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Missouri legislature sends bill to governor to allow state to accept gold, silver as payment
The bill doesn't require businesses to accept gold and silver as payment for private uses, but it would allow them to do so.
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Sanctuary state for child abuse? 'Gender affirming' shield bill approaches Dem governor's desk
Colorado Democrats nix provision to penalize parents in custody disputes for "deadnaming" or "misgendering" kids, but approved bill still prevents compliance with states that restrict blockers, hormones. Polis triangulates.
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Texas House passes bill requiring disclosure of AI content, altered images in political advertising
"To throw someone in jail is to silence political speech," said Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline.
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DeSantis vows to bring FSU mass shooter to justice in wake of tragedy
DeSantis praised local law enforcement for their fast work at responding to the scene, and said he and his wife, Casey, are mourning for the people who were lost. Details on the two victims have not been released, but they were not students.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs bill allowing gold to be used as a transactional currency
Sanders' signature comes just days after the Arkansas state Senate unanimously passed the bill in a 33-0 vote. A similar bill passed the Utah legislature, but was vetoed by Gov. Spencer Cox last week.