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Ruling on gender-affirming care ban could impact Arkansas' law
KHBS - Arkansas
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June 18, 2025
Wednesday's Supreme Court decision that allows Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors could impact Arkansas' similar law. In 2021, Arkansas became the first state to prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming hormone treatment,...
Judge grills Trump DOJ on order tying transportation funding to immigration enforcement
New Hampshire Bulletin
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June 18, 2025
A Rhode Island federal judge seemed likely Wednesday to block the U.S. Department of Transportation’s move to yank billions in congressional funding for bridges, roads and airport projects if Democrat-led states do not partake in federal...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law barring gender-affirming care for youth
St. Kitts Gazette
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June 18, 2025
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a Tennessee law barring puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender minors does not violate the US Constitution and can therefore remain in effect. Wednesday’s decision was split along...
Portland, Maine Explodes with Color for This Weekend’s Parade
92 Moose - Maine
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June 18, 2025
This Saturday Congress Street in Portland, Maine will be packed with the most beautiful people. Why? Portland’s pulling out all the colors of the rainbow and celebrating pride with the annual Portland Pride Parade! In fact, did you know that it’s...
Jeanne Shaheen & Susan Collins introduce bipartisan bill banning anti-LGBTQ+ bias in federal jury selection
The Advocate
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June 18, 2025
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, have reintroduced legislation that would, for the first time, explicitly prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ people during the federal jury...
Maine lawmakers reject bills targeting trans rights
WGME - Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Maine lawmakers voted to reject eight bills targeting transgender rights on Monday. Many of the bills focused on trans students. The bills would have banned them from taking part in girls’ sports and using bathrooms and...
Maine House passes bill limiting police work with ICE by 1 vote
WGME - Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A bill to limit police involvement in Maine with ICE is advancing by one vote. The House passed a bill on Tuesday that bans police from working with ICE if it's only for immigration enforcement. Under the bill, police...
Maine bill aims to cut taxes for middle class
WGME - Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A bill to cut taxes for middle class Mainers is advancing. Supporters say Maine families currently earning between $50,000 and $240,000 pay a higher percentage of their income in state and local taxes than millionaires....
Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Minors OK, Republican-Appointed Supreme Court Majority Rules
Mississippi Free Press
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June 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee...
U.S. Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: AP File Transgender rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a...
Maine lawmakers should reject tobacco tax hike
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 18, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Peter Brennan is the executive director of the New England...
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-related care for kids, a setback for transgender rights
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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June 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-related care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal...
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affir…
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal...
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a loss for trans rights
WKBT - Wisconsin
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal...
Biden Judge Blocks Trump's Two Genders On US Passports, But Supreme Court Says 'No' On Trans Treatments For Minors
Zero Hedge
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Autopen-appointed judge Julia Kobick... ...issued a ruling Tuesday that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from allowing only two genders, male and female, that align with biological sex, on US passports. Kobick, a US District Court judge...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 18, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision effectively protects from legal challenges the many efforts by U.S....
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The Globe and Mail
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June 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The U.S. Supreme Court ruled five years ago that transgender people are protected by a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace. That decision is not affected by Wednesday’s...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that Tennessee's law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand. “This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical...
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
PBS Frontline
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June 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's gender-affirming care ban for minors in 6-3 vote
KVAL - Oregon
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal...