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North Carolina Senate race tests Donald Trump’s endorsement power
‘We feel we’ve got strong momentum.’
Daily Archives: April 17, 2022
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Alabama bill seeks to resist Joe Biden actions on gun violence
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation aimed at resisting a half-dozen executive actions by Democratic President Joe Biden to combat gun violence.
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Medical marijuana bill heads to South Carolina House floor
A bill allowing limited use of medical marijuana in South Carolina is heading to the House floor — the furthest the proposal has made it during the eight years its passionate supporters have been pushing for it.
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Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms
Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends.
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Georgia Legislature drifts right in 2022 election year
In the final hours of its 2022 Session, Georgia’s General Assembly pivoted from celebrating a towering bipartisan mental health overhaul to bitterly debating Republican efforts to ban transgender girls from playing sports — one of many about-faces in a year when the GOP is squarely focused on upcoming election primaries.
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Georgia lawmakers push through election probe regulation
A Georgia law enforcement agency would have the authority to initiate investigations of election crimes under the latest voting regulation approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature after former President Donald Trump made repeated, false claims of widespread voter fraud.
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Trans youth medication ban passed by Alabama lawmakers
Alabama lawmakers approved sweeping legislation Thursday to outlaw gender-affirming medications for transgender youths, as well as a separate measure setting rules about school bathrooms and prohibiting early classroom instruction on sexual and gender identity — a bill critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”
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Students petition Georgia school district for Muslim holiday
Muslim students want Georgia’s largest school district to mark the holiday Eid al-Fitr with a day off on next year’s school calendar.
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Florida has 3rd largest number of school book ban incidents
Florida had 204 instances of book banning in seven school districts between July 2021 and March 2022.