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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first transgender woman elected to the state’s Legislature, married writer and advocate Erin Reed in a ceremony in Missoula on Saturday. "What a perfect wedding, my love," Zephyr wrote in a social media post Tuesday. "When it came time for my vows, I opened my book and let my heart spill out," Reed wrote in her newsletter. Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed shared their first dance to "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes. Erin Reed and Zooey Zephyr.
Persons: Erin Reed, , Reed, David Clumpner, Sarah Kate Ellis, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Lia Thomas, Brianna Titone, Insectarium, Erin Organizations: Zooey, state’s, The Postal Service, GLAAD, Fairgrounds, NCAA, state’s Legislature, NBC, Zephyr Locations: Montana, Missoula, Colorado, state’s, Texas, Maryland
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday pressed for Republicans to join Democrats in voting to advance the IVF bill. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon objected, and instead urged their colleagues to support Democrats’ bill during Tuesday’s vote. Another Senate GOP bill aimed at addressing concerns about IVF was introduced earlier this year. On Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Patty Murray blocked a uninamous consent request to pass Britt and Cruz’s IVF bill, ahead of the vote on the Democrats’ broader IVF package. “Our bill is the only bill that protects IVF access while safeguarding religious liberty,” Britt said.
Persons: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, “ We’re, ” Schumer, , John Thune, , Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray, Cory Booker of, GOP Sen, Rick Scott, Ron Wyden, Kat Cammack, Katie Britt, Ted Cruz’s, Britt, Murray, Cruz, ” Britt, we’ve, ” CNN’s Aaron Pellish Organizations: Washington CNN —, Republicans, Democrat, GOP Sens, Republican, Democratic, Illinois, Alabama’s, GOP, Oregon, Democrats, Health Savings Locations: Washington, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Florida
A Minneapolis man was sentenced to more than three decades in prison for killing a transgender woman in November, though prosecutors said they couldn’t prove the crime was bias-motivated. “Savannah deserved safety.”Bible told police that he shot Williams following a sex act because he felt “suspicious” about her. “Across the country and in our community, hateful acts of violence against transgender people are on the rise. Kim Stillday, Williams’ mother, described her daughter as her best friend. “Savannah Ryan Williams was a beloved member of the trans and Two Spirit community, and she should be alive today,” Finke said, according to KARE.
Persons: Damarean, Savannah Ryan Williams, KARE, Mary Moriarty, “ Savannah, Williams, Moriarty, ” Moriarty, , Courtuni Mason, Savannah Williams, Ben Hovland, Kim Stillday, , Gabrielle Stillday, I’ll, ” Stillday, Kelly Stillday, ” KARE, ” Kelly Stillday, Leigh Finke, ” Finke Organizations: NBC, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Human Rights, HRC, Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, state’s, Queer Caucus, Capitol Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin County , Minnesota, Cuban, Savannah, ” Hennepin County, St, Paul, “ Savannah, ” Minnesota
“2024 is the first American presidential election year at this intersection of election-related mis- and disinformation and the rapid growth of AI generated content. Misinformation spread rapidly through Pennsylvania during the 2020 election as the swing state faced baseless allegations about voting in Pennsylvania, perceived unfairness toward Republican poll-watchers and violations of election rules. Sabir said the misinformation fighting efforts will target voters where they are, including social media, billboards and radio ads. Fontes was recognized in May for his office’s work creating election security tabletop training exercises aimed to protect the state’s election infrastructure. Bellamy said it’s critical to fight misinformation going into this election, and elections are gaining a lot of negative attention.
Persons: CNN —, Ginny Badanes, Ashley O’Rourke, Badanes, O’Rourke, , it’s, Megan Bellamy, Donald Trump, Seth Bluestein, “ It’s, ” Bluestein, Omar Sabir, ” Sabir, Sabir, Lawrence Norden, Brennan, ” Norden, Adrian Fontes, Fontes, He’s, ” Fontes, Bellamy, it’ll, ” Bellamy, , Alexander Kolodin, Kolodin, Katie Hobbs, David Edmonson, TechNet’s, ” Edmonson, Tony Evers, Adam Neylon, they’re, ” Neylon, Lia Holland, ” Holland, I’ve, Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, Microsoft, State, Republican, Arizona, Arizona Republican, HB, Democratic, Wisconsin Gov Locations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Atlanta , Milwaukee, In Arizona, Arizona, Wisconsin
CNN —Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide. They want to get rid of IVF, they’re afraid to say it.”Biden attacked Senate Republicans after the vote. “And just last week, Senate Republicans blocked nationwide protections for birth control. Last week, Senate Republicans voted to block a Democrat-led bill that would guarantee access to contraception. Cruz and Britt attempted to pass their IVF legislation on the Senate floor Wednesday through a unanimous consent request, but Democrats blocked the effort.
Persons: Republican Sen, John Cornyn of, Roe, Wade, Chuck Schumer, MAGA, Dobbs, ” Schumer, CNN’s Erin Burnett, ” Biden, , Democratic Sens, Patty Murray, Tammy Duckworth of, Cory Booker of, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins of, Katie Britt, Alabama, Ted Cruz of, Joni Ernst of, Cruz, Britt, Murray, CNN’s Kaanita Iyer, Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer Organizations: CNN, Democrat, Republican, Republicans, Democratic, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Southern Baptist, Joni Ernst of Iowa, GOP Locations: John Cornyn of Texas, Washington, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Ted Cruz of Texas
CNN —Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, as Democrats seek to highlight the issue in the run up to November’s elections. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins crossed over to vote with Democrats in favor of advancing the bill. Katie Britt and Ted Cruz introduced a bill called the IVF Protection Act in May, and Republican Sen. Joni Ernst has put forward a separate bill to promote access to contraception. “We will have an alternative that will make very clear that Republicans are for contraception,” Senate GOP Whip John Thune said. Ahead of the vote on the Democrat-led bill, Ernst attempted to pass her alternative contraception bill by unanimous consent, but the request was blocked by Democrats.
Persons: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Schumer, It’s, GOP Sen, John Cornyn, , Roe, Wade, , , Chuck Schumer, , , Illinois Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Katie Britt, Ted Cruz, Republican Sen, Joni Ernst, John Thune, Ernst, Democratic Sen, Patty Murray, Britt, Murray, Democratic Sens, Ed Markey, Mazie Hirono, Duckworth, CNN’s Brenda Goodman Organizations: CNN, Republicans, GOP, , Democratic, state’s, Illinois Democratic, Republican, Democrat, US Food and Drug Administration, Health, Education, Labor, Women’s Freedoms Locations: Texas, Alabama, implanting
CNN —Longstanding abortion restrictions like waiting periods and provider regulations are now under legal attack in states where Roe v. Wade’s reversal prompted voters to amend their state constitutions to protect abortion rights. But the success abortion rights advocates have had in passing such measures in purple states and even Ohio – where Republicans have dominated recent elections – is notable. Anti-abortion activists say that abortion rights advocates are stretching the constitutional amendments beyond their meaning, suggesting that voters in other states should be wary. Abortion rights advocates say that the legal landscape differs state by state, so it’s difficult to predict the litigation that could come out of the proposed amendments if adopted. There are campaigns for initiatives to expand abortion rights in several other states, but only in a few states so far have abortion rights advocates cleared the required hurdles to guarantee the proposals will be on the ballot.
Persons: Roe, ’ pushback, Dobbs, ’ ”, Rabia Muqaddam, , Meagan Burrows, Katie Daniel, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Dana Nessel, Eric Restuccia, , ” Genevieve Marnon, Casey –, Dave Yost, ” Yost, Casey, Yost, Jessica Arons, “ We’re, ” Arons Organizations: CNN, ACLU, Jackson, Health, Center for Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Democrat, Democratic, Republican, “ Voters Locations: Ohio, Michigan, In Ohio, Michigan and Ohio, California, Florida , Arizona , Missouri, Dobbs, Roe, Arizona
Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a sweeping social media bill that would have effectively barred Florida residents under the age of 16 from opening accounts on services like TikTok and Instagram, even if their parents permitted them to do so. In a post on X, Mr. DeSantis said he had vetoed the teen social media ban bill because the state’s Legislature was “about to produce a different, superior bill” that recognized parents’ rights. Last week, the governor had suggested the measure went too far by superseding the authority of parents. Soon after the news of the veto, Paul Renner, a Republican who is the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, said in a post on X that the new bill would be “an even stronger product to protect our children against online harms.”While several states have recently passed laws requiring parental consent for children’s social media accounts, the Florida measure that Mr. DeSantis vetoed was designed as a more blanket ban. It would have required certain social networks to verify users’ ages, prevent people under 16 from signing up for accounts and terminate accounts that a platform knew or believed belonged to underage users.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Paul Renner Organizations: Republican Locations: Florida
Opinion | The Dawn of a New Era of Oppression
  + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
I am fascinated, and alarmed, by the swiftness with which periods of backlash take shape after surges of Black progress, and I believe that we have entered another such period. Much of my inquiry on the matter has focused on the period after Reconstruction was allowed to fail and that saw Jim Crow begin to rise. Much of this was embodied by the state of Mississippi, which in 1870 was majority Black. White supremacists in the state developed the “Mississippi Plan” in advance of the state’s 1875 elections to use fraud and the intimidation of Black voters, including through violence, to retake state power from progressives. The plan worked.
Persons: Jim Crow, White, Black, Jason Phillips Organizations: Reconstruction, Mississippi Historical Society, Mississippi Department of Archives, Democratic, Republican Locations: Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight. That was pretty amazing.”O’Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesO’Connor, who left the court in 2006, died Friday in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said. “I had never expected or aspired to be a Supreme Court justice. —-Richard Carelli, a former Supreme Court reporter for The Associated Press who is now retired, contributed to this story.
Persons: Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, , ” O’Connor, Ronald Reagan, Samuel Alito, wasn’t, John, Donald Trump's, Alito, O'Connor, , Sandra Day, Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “ I’m Sandra, Ruth, ” Ginsburg, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, David Souter, “ It’s, Obama, Elena Kagan, Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson, she'd, SCOTUS, ” Ruth McGregor, O’Connor’s, Mary, David Letterman’s, Jon Stewart, John O’Connor, Scott, Brian, Jay, Potter Stewart, Richard Carelli Organizations: WASHINGTON, New York Times, Iraq, College of William, CBS, Supreme, Associated Press Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Washington, United States, Virginia, Los Angeles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. When she retired, Justice Clarence Thomas, a consistent conservative, called her “an outstanding colleague, civil in dissent and gracious when in the majority.”She could, nonetheless, express her views tartly. “I had never expected or aspired to be a Supreme Court justice," she said. The retired justice was relieved that he was comfortable and happy at the center, according to her son, Scott. “It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms,” the justice wrote.
Persons: , Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, John Roberts, , Roberts, , John O’Connor, Ronald Reagan, Roe, Wade, Casey, Samuel Alito, George W, Bush, Democrat Al Gore, Clarence Thomas, tartly, unwisely, ” O’Connor, Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary, Scott, ” Bush, Potter Stewart, Alzheimer’s, Brian, Jay Organizations: WASHINGTON, Senate, Democrat, Iraq, College of William, Office, Legislature, Washington, Republicans Locations: Phoenix, American, , Arizona, Vermont, Virginia, Afghanistan, Rose, Los Angeles, United States
Some people last week voted early in Kentucky, where a tight governor’s race is among several elections around the U.S. Tuesday. Photo: Greg Eans/Associated PressVoters in several states will give the country an early read on the electorate’s mood heading into the 2024 presidential campaign, with a Democratic incumbent in Kentucky testing the party’s strength in Trump Country and abortion front and center in Virginia’s legislative races. Tuesday’s gubernatorial race in Kentucky is expected to be competitive, while the Mississippi governor’s contest isn’t seen as close. Virginia and New Jersey have no statewide races, but all of the seats in each state’s legislatures are on the ballot. Control of Virginia’s legislature is on the line, with the results offering hints about the strength of both parties’ messages heading into 2024.
Persons: Greg Eans, isn’t Organizations: Associated Press Voters, Democratic, Trump Country Locations: Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, New Jersey
Some people last week voted early in Kentucky, where a tight governor’s race is among several elections around the U.S. Tuesday. Photo: Greg Eans/Associated PressVoters in several states will give the country an early read on the electorate’s mood heading into the 2024 presidential campaign, with a Democratic incumbent in Kentucky testing the party’s strength in Trump Country and abortion front and center in Virginia’s legislative races. Tuesday’s gubernatorial race in Kentucky is expected to be competitive, while the Mississippi governor’s contest isn’t seen as close. Virginia and New Jersey have no statewide races, but all of the seats in each state’s legislatures are on the ballot. Control of Virginia’s legislature is on the line, with the results offering hints about the strength of both parties’ messages heading into 2024.
Persons: Greg Eans, isn’t Organizations: Associated Press Voters, Democratic, Trump Country Locations: Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, New Jersey
Republicans in Georgia violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing voting maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled on Thursday, ordering that new maps must be drawn in time for the 2024 elections. Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia demanded that the state’s legislature move swiftly to draw new maps that provide an equitable level of representation for Black residents, who make up more than a third of the state’s population. In the ruling, Judge Jones wrote that the court “will not allow another election cycle on redistricting plans” that had been found to be unlawful. “Georgia has made great strides since 1965 towards equality in voting,” Judge Jones wrote, referring to a troubled history of racism and disregard for voting and civil rights. “However, the evidence before this court shows that Georgia has not reached the point where the political process has equal openness and equal opportunity for everyone.”
Persons: Steve C, Jones, Judge Jones, , ” Judge Jones Organizations: Northern, Northern District of Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, “ Georgia
But “Senator Menendez has made these sacrifices in the past to serve. “I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving." In the days after the indictment, calls for his resignation began, starting with members of the New Jersey congressional delegation (sans Rep. Bob Menendez Jr., the senator's son) and expanding to include New Jersey Gov. Absent from the initial push for Menendez's departure was Senate Democratic leadership and Booker, who works with Menendez on a regular basis representing New Jersey. A dozen more U.S. senators added their calls for their New Jersey Democratic colleague to leave.
Persons: Sen, Cory Booker, Bob Menendez, lauding, Booker, Menendez, ” Booker, underscoring, , Nadine, Bob Menendez Jr, Phil Murphy, John Fetterman of, Eric Holder –, Nancy Pelosi, Fidel Castro, Tom Malinowski Organizations: New, New Jersey Democrat, Senate Foreign Relations, New Jersey Gov, Democratic, California Democrat, New Jersey Democratic, Tom Malinowski , New, Tom Malinowski , New Jersey Democrat, MSNBC Locations: New Jersey, Jerseyans, Egypt, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, California, Union City , New Jersey, Cuba, Tom Malinowski ,, Tom Malinowski , New Jersey
Gavin Newsom of California said on Sunday that he would sign a landmark climate bill that passed the state’s legislature last week requiring major companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, a move with national and global repercussions. Climate policy advocates have long argued that such disclosures are an essential first step in efforts to harness financial markets to rein in planet-warming pollution. For example, when investors are made aware of the climate-warming impacts of a company, they may choose to steer their money elsewhere. The law would apply to public and private businesses that make more than $1 billion annually and operate in California. But because the state is the world’s fifth-largest economy, California often sets the trend for the nation, and many of the affected businesses are global corporations.
Persons: Gavin Newsom Locations: California
Ohio’s One-Issue Election
  + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( German Lopez | More About German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A few months later, the state’s legislature put a measure on the August ballot anyway, one that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. Republicans, who control the legislature, are trying to block a potential victory for abortion rights. If the measure passes, it could pre-empt a November vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s Constitution. Today’s initiative would raise the threshold for approving constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60 percent of the vote. Supporters have been clear that the measure is meant to make it harder for November’s abortion rights amendment to pass.
Persons: Frank LaRose, Republican who’s, , Organizations: Republicans, Republican, U.S . Senate Locations: Ohio, Ohio’s Constitution
Washington, DC CNN —Venture capital titan Sequoia is splitting its business into three independent partnerships, each with separate brands. Sequoia Capital executives briefed investors Tuesday about the plans, which are expected to be completed by March 2024. The firm’s operations in Europe and the United States will retain the current name, Sequoia Capital. Its Chinese unit, Sequoia China, will use its current Chinese name, HongShan. The company’s business operations in India and Southeast Asia will be spun off into a partnership named Peak XV Partners.
Persons: hyping, Roelof Botha, Neil Shen, Shailendra Singh, Biden, TikTok Organizations: DC CNN — Venture, Sequoia Capital, XV Partners, Apple, Sequoia, Republicans, US, Street Journal Locations: Washington, China, Beijing, Europe, United States, Sequoia China, India, Southeast Asia, Montana
Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a near-total abortion ban bill into law Monday. The bill joins other GOP-led legislation aimed at restricting abortion access that has become law in a post-Roe v. Wade world. Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio and Texas have also passed six-week abortion bans, sparking legal challenges. North Dakota’s new law follows a legal battle over a 2007 trigger law that was blocked by a district judge last year. With the trigger ban on pause, North Dakota law had allowed abortion up until 20 weeks or more post-fertilization.
CNN —In a first-of-its-kind proposal in the United States, some Maryland lawmakers want to subsidize employers that choose to experiment with a 4-day workweek. While many 4-day workweek experiments have been conducted recently in the US and Europe, no US state has offered to subsidize the cost of the experiment for its employers, Stewart added. Employers that participate would have flexibility over how they allow workers to organize their shorter workweek, Stewart said. “It may be more advantageous to have different approaches.”The experiment should include both blue-collar and white-collar employers, Stewart added. So if there is huge interest by employers, Maryland’s Department of Labor will have to select which ones may participate.
Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country. “The LGBTQ+ community is really under siege right now,” said Ricardo Martinez, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Texas. One bill that was successfully implemented, and gained national headlines for months, was Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The word “grooming” has long been associated with mischaracterizing LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgender women, as child sex abusers. Those losses came after some conservative groups ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights.
“We’re seeing forms of stress in all of our species of trees,” said Christine Buhl, a forest entomologist with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Trained observers peer outside both sides of the plane, looking for noticeable damage to trees. “You definitely have to have a stomach of steel.”This year, the aerial observation program flew over about 69 million acres of Washington and Oregon forest in about 246 hours. Oregon’s average temperatures have risen about 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, according to a 2021 state climate assessment delivered to the state’s Legislature. “It was the combination of the high temperatures in the afternoon with the sun boring down,” said Chris Still, a professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.
People seeking concealed-weapons permits in New Jersey would have to obtain insurance for their firearms under a proposal introduced Thursday by the Democratic leaders of the state’s legislature. The proposal, if passed into law, would make New Jersey the first state with such a requirement. The legislation would require applicants to purchase liability insurance to cover any claims arising from the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a firearm carried in public. It would also mandate in-person training and prohibit the possession of firearms in 24 types of sensitive places including bars, parks, schools and hospitals.
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