At the urging of conservative advocacy groups, Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people. One batch of bills would bar doctors from providing them certain gender-related medical treatment; another batch ...

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At the urging of conservative advocacy groups, Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people. One batch of bills would bar doctors from providing them certain gender-related medical treatment; another batch ...

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Jackson County and its assessor favored predominately white areas over minority neighborhoods during this year’s reassessment process, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit claims the county and the director of the county’s claims ...

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Jackson County and its assessor favored predominately white areas over minority neighborhoods during this year’s reassessment process, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit claims the county and the director of the county’s claims ...

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U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400. ...

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U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400. ...

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A federal judge has declined to block a Missouri law that bans companies from labeling plant-based meat products or meat substitutes as meat. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. said last week that he wouldn’t issue a preliminary injunction to ...

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A federal judge has declined to block a Missouri law that bans companies from labeling plant-based meat products or meat substitutes as meat. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. said last week that he wouldn’t issue a preliminary injunction to ...

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The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate they claim could die without a drug used to treat his opioid addiction. After an emergency hearing ...

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The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate they claim could die without a drug used to treat his opioid addiction. After an emergency hearing ...

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The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday urged ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee to oppose a bill that targets white supremacist groups by criminalizing domestic terrorism. The ACLU said the bill would unnecessarily expand authorities used by the ...

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