Sue StoneMar 12, 2023

Bill banning marriages under age 16 passes in West Virginia - ABC News
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Bill banning marriages under age 16 passes in West Virginia

A child marriage bill is heading to the West Virginia governor’s desk after lawmakers agreed to let 16- and 17-year-olds get married with restrictions

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Sue StoneMar 11, 2023

US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general's vaccine claims - ABC News
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US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general's vaccine claims

U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida’s surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 risks are harmful to the public

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Sue StoneMar 4, 2023

Lawsuit: Muslims praying at Missouri prison pepper-sprayed - ABC News
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Lawsuit: Muslims praying at Missouri prison pepper-sprayed

A lawsuit filed by a Muslim advocacy group alleges that corrections officers at a Missouri prison used pepper spray on Muslims while they were praying and then retaliated when they complained

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Sue StoneMar 1, 2023

West Virginia governor signs campus carry gun bill - ABC News
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West Virginia governor signs campus carry gun bill

West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses

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Sue StoneFeb 26, 2023

Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts - ABC News
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Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts

Election deniers who were unable to succeed at the polls last year have targeted the one political post that depends entirely on the most hard-core of Republican voters — state party chair

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Sue StoneFeb 22, 2023

Minnesota Senate approves restoring voting rights for felons - ABC News
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Minnesota Senate approves restoring voting rights for felons

The Minnesota Senate has moved to restore voting rights to convicted felons as soon as they get out of prison instead of continuing to require them to complete their parole before they can cast a ballot

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Sue StoneFeb 18, 2023

White House criticizes Youngkin over menstrual tracking bill - ABC News
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White House criticizes Youngkin over menstrual tracking bill

The White House has rebuked Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin for supporting state lawmakers’ rejection of a bill that that would have prohibited police from issuing search warrants for digitized data about women’s menstrual cycles

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Sue StoneFeb 18, 2023

Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion - ABC News
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Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion

Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs

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Sue StoneFeb 16, 2023

Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe - ABC News
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Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe

Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the the probe

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Sue StoneFeb 7, 2023

North Carolina Senate OKs limits on LGBTQ school instruction - ABC News
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North Carolina Senate OKs limits on LGBTQ school instruction

North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate has passed a bill requiring teachers to alert parents before calling their child by a different name or pronoun

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