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White House press secretary Jen Psaki slapped down Fox News reporter Peter Doocy — again — on Monday when she asked if he could name any sex education program in a Florida kindergarten that would justify the state’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law. Doocy had pressed Psaki on the Biden administration’s opposition to the highly controversial law, which bans discussion of gender identification and sexua...

The Lehigh County District Attorney says it's likely that hundreds of voters broke the law by returning someone else's ballot in the 2021 election, but says they will not be prosecuted. There were “likely hundreds of instances” where voters deposited another’s ballots in drop boxes in the 2021 general election, a violation of Pennsylvania law, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office has ...

Massachusetts-Based Background Check Company Creative Services Faces Multiple Lawsuits Over Data Breach - "'CSI determined that certain files dating from November 2018 to November 2021 may have been copied from their systems as part of a cyberattack,' BU wrote in its notification." Why this is important: Companies that are handling confidential information need to ensure that they have rigoro...

Idaho missing person alert bill signed into law  Idaho State Journal

Loveland Police Department arrests Friday 4:01 a.m. At 14th Street Southeast and South Lincoln Avenue, a 42-year-old Loveland man on two misdemeanor failure-to-appear warrants. 2:28 p.m. In the 400 block of East Seventh Street, a 21-year-old Loveland woman for investigation of physical harassment and domestic violence. 5:24 p.m. In the 1600 block of Fall River Drive, a 22-year-old Fort Colli...

Colorado joined a handful of other states Monday in codifying the right to abortion in statute, a party-line response to efforts across the country to limit abortion access in anticipation of a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a challenge to the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that banned states from outlawing abortion. Gov. Jared Polis signed into law the Reproductive Health Equity Ac...

Democrats stand with law enforcement groups to tout 'new way' of addressing crime  News-Gazette.com

Mass. Senate staffers take step to unionize despite state law that has thwarted such efforts  The Boston Globe

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday he will prioritize passing Texas legislation that mimics the recently signed Florida bill referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. That state’s controversial law prohibits classroom lessons on sexual orientation or gender identity for kids below the four...

Gov. Brian Kemp, alongside Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (far left) and Speaker of the House David Ralston (second from left), signed the Mental Health Parity Act into law on April 4, 2022. Photo by Zoe Seiler. Atlanta, GA — The state of Georgia now has mental health parity as Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on April 4 that overhauls the state’s mental health care system. The first part of the bil...