Minnesota Governor Tim Walz vetoed a bill Thursday mandating rideshare companies provide their drivers a minimum wage and other benefits. The Governor’s Office did not offer specific reasons for the veto. Despite the veto, Walz stated he is committed to “fair wages and safe working conditions” for rideshare workers. In place of the bill, Walz [...]
A South Carolina state judge Friday temporarily blocked a newly-signed abortion ban that went into effect Thursday after being signed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. The ban would have prohibited most abortions in the state from being performed after six weeks of pregnancy. McMaster responded to the judge’s ruling, writing, “We will continue fighting [...]
A New York state court Thursday set a trial date for former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon. On May 27, 2024, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. will begin his trial against Bannon, in which Bannon is accused of wrongly collecting more than $15 million from US political donors for his “We Build the Wall” [...]
The Texas state House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment Thursday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The articles alleges Paxton has committed 20 counts of criminal misconduct since he assumed office in 2015. One of the instance of misconduct alleged in the articles of impeachment is that Paxton directed employees in his office to [...]
Southern Utah Drag Stars, a Utah-based group that organizes drag performances, has filed a lawsuit against the city of St. George, Utah. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, asserts that the city’s refusal to grant permits for an all-ages drag show in a public park infringed upon their free speech, due process and equal protection [...]
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Thursday banning most abortions in the state after 6 weeks. The bill passed South Carolina’s Senate on Tuesday after defeating five senators’—all women—filibuster to block its passage. South Carolina joins a number of other US states who have passed similar bills into law, including Florida, [...]
A federal judge sentenced leader of the Oath Keepers militia Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot. Rhodes’ sentence is now the longest handed down in connection with the plot to disrupt the certification of the 2020 US presidential election. Judge Amit [...]
The Alabama House of Representatives’ Health Committee voted to advance House Bill 405 on Wednesday which provides definitions for sex and gender terms like male, female, woman and man. Known as the What is a Woman Act, the bill defines a female as “an individual whose biological reproductive system is designed to produce ova” and [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot keep the profits of properties sold to pay off tax debts. The court reached this decision in the case of Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al., wherein a local Minnesota government sold off a woman’s condo to satisfy her tax bill. The case centered [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that held the Virginia Fairfax County School Board’s (Board) new admissions policy violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause. The plaintiffs in the case asserted that the policy disparately impacted [...]
