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Washington legislators push bill making it a felony to threaten election workers

The Washington State Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution Thursday that would make harassment of election workers a felony. It comes three months after four county election offices were forced to evacuate after receiving envelopes containing suspicious powder (including three people who tested positive for fentanyl). “This is something we cannot accept as normal,” Democratic Sen. […]

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill allowing concealed carry without permit

Republican state senators in Louisiana introduced a bill Thursday that would allow adults 18 and older to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The Senate approved that bill and another that would provide some level of civil liability immunity for people who shoot someone using a concealed firearm in self-defense. Associated Press reported. The bills […]

Ron DeSantis Vows to Sign Bill Permitting Release of Epstein Documents

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vowed this week to sign a bill passed by the Florida Legislature allowing the release of documents related to the Florida case involving the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 234, which allows the release of testimony and evidence from a 2006 grand jury investigation. invoice […]

Mississippi bill would allow incarcerated people sue prisons transgender inmates

A bill introduced in the Mississippi Legislature could allow inmates to sue jails and prisons if they encounter transgender or other inmates of the opposite sex in restrooms or locker rooms. State lawmakers introduced the proposal Thursday in a House committee. It would require inmate bathrooms, locker rooms and sleeping areas in correctional facilities to […]

Bipartisan bill in deep-blue Maryland would criminalize trans-related medical interventions on kids without parental consent

In the Maryland House of Delegates, several Democrats, along with more than a dozen Republicans, have proposed a bill that would make it a crime to perform almost any form of trans-related medical intervention on minors without parental consent. ing. On Wednesday, the Maryland House of Representatives began consideration. HB722It prohibits medical professionals from “attempting […]

Parents who deny their children ‘gender-affirming services,’ abortions would be called abusers under Illinois Democrat bill

If the Illinois Democratic Party’s bill passes, parents who deny their children gender-affirming services or abortions would be called abusers. What are the details? Proposed by Democratic state Rep. Ann Stuber-Murray. House Bill 4876The bill would amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to define an “abused child” as one whose parents have denied […]