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Michigan school districts brace for Count Day ahead of ESSER spending cliff
By Ethan Bakuli On October 2, 2023 Wednesday’s official student headcount for Michigan schools could be more crucial than ever, as districts where enrollment has declined since the pandemic began are now facing the expiration of federal COVID relief. The federal aid known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER, helped schools weather…
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Laphonza Butler, Newsom’s Feinstein replacement, to make LGBT history
By Katy St Clair On October 1, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO — The woman chosen by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace late Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress in history and the first openly LGBT senator from California, his office said Sunday night. Laphonza Butler has been selected to…
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Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications
By John Hanna On October 1, 2023 Nebraska is requiring transgender youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments under emergency regulations announced Sunday by the state health department. The regulations also require transgender minors to undergo at least 40 hours of “gender-identity-focused” therapy that are “clinically…
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GOP Alabama AG Says He Has Right to Prosecute Women Who Aid Travel for Abortions
Multiple groups filed suit against Steve Marshall after he said ‘abortion funders’ could be criminally investigated By Zachary Leeman On August 31, 2023 Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, R, says he has the right to charge anyone in the state who helps a woman travel out of state for an abortion with criminal conspiracy charges.…
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Abortion rights group sues on behalf of women denied care in emergencies
By Frances Stead Sellers On September 12, 2023 The Center for Reproductive Rights on Tuesdayfiled legal actions in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma on behalf of women who say they were denied abortion care in medical emergencies. The actions represent an escalation of the strategy the center used earlier this year in a Texas lawsuit arguing that exceptions to protect…
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‘A champion’: Lawmakers remember Feinstein as trailblazer for women’s rights, gun control
By Matt Berg and Kierra Frazier On September 29, 2023 Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed their condolences following the death of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein at 90, remembering her as a trailblazing senator who dedicated decades of her life to public service. “She leaves behind an incredible legacy — breaking barriers…
Read MoreWomen’s Rights Campaigner To Take Feinstein’s Vacated Senate Seat
By Agence France Presse On October 2,, 2023 California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday appointed women’s rights campaigner and former labor union leader Laphonza Butler to the United States Senate, filling the vacancy left by the death of Dianne Feinstein. “I’m proud to announce California’s new United States Senator — Laphonza Butler,” Newsom posted on…
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Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
On September 27, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state’s lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning on abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Before Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers even finished the first sentence of his argument, justices began peppering him…
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White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets
The directive is intended to embed the cost of climate change into all federal agencies. But it is not legally binding and could come with legal and logistical challenges. By Coral Davenport On September 21, 2023 A directive issued on Thursday by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the…
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