Tag: Laws
Prison group sues to keep immigrant detention center open
SEATTLE — Private prison corporation GEO Group has sued Washington state, saying a new law mandating the closure of the immigrant detention center it...
Tennessee to mandate bathroom signs about transgender use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to...
Indiana governor’s lawyers push challenge to emergency law
INDIANAPOLIS — Lawyers for Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb are deriding the state attorney general’s arguments that he can block the governor from asking the...
Softball teams in states with transgender bans get regionals
The NCAA named Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee as host schools for softball regionals on Sunday, bringing its postseason tournament to three states that have...
Suit: Georgia election law threatens voting, speech rights
ATLANTA — Georgia’s sweeping new overhaul of election laws threatens the fundamental right to vote, freedom of speech and the separation of powers, according...
Governor’s OK means S Carolina now allows open carry of guns
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster said Monday he signed into law a bill allowing people with concealed weapons permits from the state to...
As GOP restricts voting, Democrats move to expand access
Last year, for the first time in more than a quarter-century, Democrats in Virginia took control of the statehouse and the governor's mansion. Since...
Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they're pushing after President Joe Biden's win in the state last year are designed to...
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...
Conservative group boasts of secret role in voting laws
The head of a national conservative group that is spending $24 million to push new voting restrictions told supporters it secretly helped draft legislation...
