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Mayor Bhalla Creates City of Hoboken LGBTQIA+ Pride Advisory Committee

Feb 2, 2024

On January 18, 2024 Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla signed an executive order creating the Hoboken Pride Advisory Committee, which will be dedicated to raising awareness of LGBTQIA+ community issues, fostering a culture of acceptance, enhancing the pride community within the City, and promoting inclusiveness for all individuals. “In our city, diversity is our strength, and…

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NJ law expands health insurance coverage for LGBTQIA+ individuals for infertility treatments

Feb 2, 2024

By Stephanie Stahl and Casey Kuhn On January 23, 2024 LIVINGSTON, N.J. (CBS) — A new law in New Jersey will expand health insurance coverage for infertility services to now include LGBTQ+ individuals. Infertility treatments are very expensive and insurance coverage is spotty and eligibility can be tricky, for example, if you’re a single parent or a…

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Utah lawmakers pass terrifying anti-transgender bathroom policing bill

Feb 2, 2024

By Christopher Wiggins On January 27, 2024 In a rapid legislative progression, the Utah House of Representatives has passed HB 257, a contentious bill that, if signed into law by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox, would become the first anti-LGBTQ+ bathroom ban of the year. The bill aims to stop transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms that align with their…

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Attorney for Racial Justice Project Responds to Report on Discriminatory Policing by MSP

Feb 1, 2024

 By Russ McNamara  January 26, 2024 The ACLU of Michigan says MSP isn’t doing enough to reduce the traffic stops that often end in searches and arrests for minor infractions. Michigan State Police troopers pull over Black and Hispanic drivers at a rate that outpaces their presence in the state, according to a new report. However, the…

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From Preschool to Community College Tuition: What Whitmer Wants to Give Away Free

Feb 1, 2024

By Lori Higgins | January 25, 2024, 8:33am CST  Updated: January 25, 2024, 8:57am CST Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised Wednesday to make the state’s free preschool available to all 4-year-olds regardless of family income, two years ahead of schedule. In her annual State of the State address, Whitmer also said she would urge lawmakers to expand an existing program that…

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Advocates for Michigan Foster Youth Hope Education Reforms Will Pass This Year

Feb 1, 2024

By Hannah Dellinger | January 18, 2024, 10:30am CST When Christian Goode transferred from a traditional high school to Lakeside Academy, a state-licensed residential foster care facility near Kalamazoo, some of his academic records never made it over. As a result, he had to repeat an entire year of classes, and redo school work he had already completed.…

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Detroit Students Getting Limited Food Options Due to Strike at Distributor

Feb 1, 2024

By Lori Higgins and Orlando Bailey | January 11, 2024, 12:18pm CST Meal options will be limited for students in the Detroit school district for the next week or two because an employee strike against the district’s main food distributor is causing disruptions in service. Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, told district families…

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Thanks to the Supreme Court, attacks on LGBTQ rights are exploding

Jan 31, 2024

By Sarah Posner January 25, 2024 According to a new report, over 1,000 bills in state legislatures in 2023 sought to undermine equal rights. A new report from the advocacy group American Atheists lays out yet another way in which America is rapidly becoming a nation of haves and have nots: the residents of blue states who…

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The year Sudan plunged into darkness

Jan 31, 2024

By Oscar Rickett On December 20. 2023 Four years on from a democratic revolution, Sudanese have seen their country torn apart by war, with mass killings, sexual violence and wholesale destruction In the early months of 2023, everyone came to Khartoum. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met Sudan’s ruling general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in the first week of…

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