A new bill Wednesday introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives would limit medical care for transgender children under 18. The bill, House Bill 454, is called the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The bill’s primary co-sponsors are Representatives Gary Click and Diane Grendell. The bill makes it illegal for medical health professionals to [...]

Illinois and Tennessee Tuesday voted on Election Day ballot measures to add protections to workers’ rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining. These measures add to the majority of US states with right-to-work laws. In Illinois, 58.5 percent of voters said yes to adding Section 25, titled “Workers’ Rights,” to Article I of the [...]

The Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) Friday issued a public statement rejecting the Congress of the Republic’s approval of Bill 412, which exempts bankrupt mining companies from complying with environmental certifications. Congressman César Manuel Revilla of the Group Parliamentarian Popular Force presented the bill in October 2021. It establishes special measures for companies in assets restructuring [...]

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday ordered Pennsylvania county boards of elections to refrain from counting, segregate and preserve any mail-in ballots contained in undated or incorrectly dated envelopes. The court is split on whether failing to count these votes would violate the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act. The Materiality Provision prohibits disenfranchising voters [...]

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson Tuesday sued the grocery store chains Albertsons and Kroger for violating the Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA). The case is filed in the Washington King County Superior Court. On October 14, Albertsons and Kroger agreed to merge. Albertsons said it will issue a $4 billion “Special Cash Dividend” to its [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday temporarily stayed the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina sued President Joe Biden, asserting the plan poses a threat of imminent harm in the form of lost tax revenue, is an unlawful regulatory action and that [...]

A group of Wisconsin taxpayers Wednesday filed an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court to temporarily block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The writ was filed explicitly to Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The Brown County Taxpayers Association argued that the Biden administration’s program has “no legal justification” and is an “assault on [...]

US District Judge David Carter Wednesday ordered the release of emails exchanged between former President Donald Trump and his attorney Dr. John Eastman regarding the January 6 Capitol Attack. The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack originally subpoenaed the documents in January 2021. Eastman assisted Trump with legal and political strategies regarding [...]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Sunday blamed the US for favoring “insecurity” in Iran during a cabinet session, according to an Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) report. The IRNA is the official news agency for the Iranian government. Raisi referred to the US as a “great evil” and said, “The enemies have been seeking to fuel [...]

The Australia High Court Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to section 46(2) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act (AATA). Section 46(2) provides that the court “shall … do all things necessary to ensure that the matter is not disclosed to any person other than a member of the court as constituted for the purposes of the [...]