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Caption Switching to daylight time every spring and back to standard time every fall has been shown to be unhealthy, said Sen. Ben Watson, R-Savannah, who sponsored the standard time bill in the Senate. Georgians turning back their clocks by an hour this weekend to begin observing standard time might be excused for thinking they don’t have to make the time change this year. But legislation th...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two civil rights groups filed a federal court challenge Thursday against a Tennessee law that bars transgender athletes from playing public high school or middle school sports aligned with their gender identity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Lambda Legal, which advocates for LGBTQ civil rights, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Nashville...

Dan O'Donnell, Evers, Fair Maps, Open Meetings, Redistricting Governor Evers promised that his redistricting commission would be open and transparent, but Dan O’Donnell finds evidence that it has been anything but. November 5, 2021 Perspective by Dan O’Donnell When Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers last year unveiled plans to have a “People’s Maps Commission” draw its own legislative districts f...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nine political parties in Thailand have taken a position on reform of a strict royal insults law in recent days, bringing into the mainstream a controversial debate that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. The catalyst for the discussion has been a youth-led anti-government protest movement that emerged late last year and openly called for a reform of the mon...

Protesters flash three-finger salutes during a pro-democracy rally demanding reforms of the monarchy, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo BANGKOK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nine political parties in Thailand have taken a position on reform of a strict royal insults law in recent days, bringing into the mainstream a controversial debate that would have been unthinka...

(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans has sued Colorado for a measure banning American Indian school mascots. The law was passed last year amid a nationwide push for racial justice following George Floyd’s murder in Minn...

Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday revealed his wife, First Lady Frances Wolf, dropped his mail ballot off for him, a violation of Pennsylvania elect...

Here at home and across the world, our shared body politic is increasingly polarized and divisive, leaving little room for truth and honesty. In the Michigan Legislature, this rings especially true as Republicans once again are trying to alter the state of facts by working to pass legislation banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory — an academic concept in higher education, specifically ...

In this April 14, 2018 file photo, a man wears an unloaded pistol during a pro gun-rights rally in Austin, Texas. (CNN)Brandon Steele, a second-term Republican in West Virginia's House, worked hard this year to get his colleagues to pass his "Second Amendment Preservation Act." It seeks to bar state or local police from enforcing new federal gun restrictions the Biden administration might ado...

“A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law” will be the next program hosted by the Genealogy Club of Newtown. The virtual event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 10. It will be at 7 pm, via Zoom. Genealogy club meetings are co-sponsored by C.H. Booth Library. Registration is required and can be done via e-mail to [email protected]. Those planning to participate are aske...