Texas has introduced a bill that would designate sex-change surgeries and hormone treatments for children under the age of 18 as child abuse.
Texas Bill Would Prohibit Parents From Allowing Children to Undergo Sex-Change Surgeries
White House Putting Police Oversight Commission on Hold to Pursue Legislation: Susan Rice
Head of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice, said the White House has suspended its plans to create a national police oversight commission and will instead put its energy into getting police reform legislation passed. “Based on close, respectful consultation with partners in the civil rights community, the administration made the considered judgment that a…
Biden to Meet With Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers About Infrastructure Proposal
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set Monday to convene with a bipartisan group of Congress members and discuss the administration’s infrastructure proposal. The meeting will take place in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, according to the official White House schedule. The president and vice president “will discuss…
Video: ‘Isolation Kills, Too’—Mary Daniel on Becoming a Dishwasher to See Her Husband; Advising Gov. DeSantis
April 11, 2021
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On March 10, 2020, Mary Daniel went to visit her husband like she did every day after he’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. What Daniel did not know was that the next day she’d be told she could not come back—because of new lockdown measures. “The days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months,”…
North Carolina Bill Seeks to Repeal Pistol Permit and Shorten Felons’ Wait to Get Gun Rights Back
North Carolina Republicans have filed a pro-Second Amendment bill that would repeal the state’s handgun permit requirement and reduce the number of years that people convicted of nonviolent crimes must wait before seeking to have their gun rights restored. GOP state Sens. Danny Britt, Jim Perry, and Todd Johnson, sponsored Senate Bill 687 (pdf), which was filed…
Portland Approves $6 Million to Combat Shootings, No Money for Police
Portland officials this week approved approximately $6 million in funds to combat shootings, though none of the money will go to the city’s police department. About a quarter of the funds will provide for the hiring of more unarmed park rangers. “They will not replace police but will continue to fulfill their existing roles as…
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Allowing Permitless Carry of Handguns for Law-Abiding Residents
Tennessee has officially joined 19 other states to allow permitless carry of handguns by law-abiding residents, meaning that law-abiding adults in the state are allowed to carry a handgun without a permit. Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed into law the measure that would allow residents 21 and older, or members of the military aged 18…
INFOGRAPHIC: Biden Admin’s $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan, which Democrats will try to pass through a nearly evenly split Congress in the coming months, includes a varied package of initiatives, from traditional projects like roads and bridges to climate initiatives and programs outside the traditional infrastructure scope. Below is a summary of proposed expenditures under the $2 trillion-plus…
Biden Calls for Global Minimium Tax Rate to Target US Companies In Tax Havens
April 8, 2021
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President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he will push for the adoption of a global minimum corporate tax rate to reduce opportunities for tax-rate arbitrage by American corporations that reduce their U.S. tax burden by shifting profits to low-rate tax havens. “I’ve also proposed a global minimum tax, which is being proposed around the world…
New Mexico Eliminates Qualified Immunity for Public Officials, Including Police
April 8, 2021
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Wednesday signed into law a bill that prohibits government employees in her state from using the qualified immunity defense against civil liability lawsuits. The law, dubbed the New Mexico Civil Rights Act, also allows individuals to sue for compensation if a state or local government employee violates the person’s “rights, privileges,…
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