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GOP Governors-backed group takes to TV to again bash Andy Beshear for transgender ‘conflicts’
Kentucky Values is using a letter describing ‘very rarely’ performed gender reassignment surgeries on minors to paint Beshear as a liar.
Daily Archives: September 18, 2023
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Donald Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the U.S. Capitol
Trump’s former aides have said he sequestered himself in the room off the Oval Office to watch, at times even rewinding and rewatching some parts.
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Progressive Council member Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville Mayor’s race
With Thursday’s elections, a majority of Nashville’s metro council will also be female.
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Thousands of 3rd graders could be held back under Alabama’s reading law, school chief warns
Lawmakers in 2019 approved the Alabama Literacy Act that will require third graders to meet reading benchmarks before moving to the fourth grade.
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North Carolina Republicans seek control over state and local election boards ahead of 2024
Bill opponents worry that with evenly divided state and local election boards, some members might refuse to certify credible results.
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Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
Republicans in Wisconsin and North Carolina are aided by their parties’ geographic distribution during statehouse elections.
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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination
The incident recalls debates over hair discrimination in schools and the workplace and is already testing the state’s newly enacted CROWN Act, which took effect Sept. 1.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton is back on job after acquittal but Republicans aren’t done attacking each other
The fallout in the Texas Capitol is likely only beginning and threatens to spill into the 2024 elections, when conservative allies of the Trump-backed Attorney General say they will target Republican legislators who led the investigation against Paxton.
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A Georgia state Senator indicted with Donald Trump won’t be suspended from office while the case is ongoing
The state constitution requires suspension recommendation if ‘the indictment relates to and adversely affects the administration of the office of the indicted public official.’