Kansas City police say one of the wounded is in critical condition. Multiple officers responded to the shooting at Klymax Lounge early Sunday and began providing medical aid
Montana’s governor signed a bill in April, Missouri has legislation that needs the governor’s signature to become law and Ohio lawmakers are also considering it
Critics say model legislation allows a handful of far-right groups to create a false narrative around gender-affirming care for minors that is based on distorted science
This nonprofit that describes itself as a collection of doctors and others uniting to “protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” has become a significant presence in statehouses
Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors
TikTok has vowed to fight for Montana residents to be able to use the video-sharing app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company
The lawsuit was filed Monday in state district court in Helena on behalf of the transgender Democrat and several constituents who the attorneys say are being denied their right to adequate representation
Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s criticism of the bill led the transgender lawmaker to be silenced on the House floor and then removed after she encouraged protesters on Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Friday
The lawmaker was thrust into the national spotlight last week when she was prevented from speaking in the House after telling lawmakers backing a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors that they would have blood on their hands
For days before voting to discipline her, legislative leaders in the GOP-controlled statehouse had not allowed Rep. Zooey Zephyr to speak during debates because she said colleagues who voted to ban gender-affirming care for youth would have “blood” on their hands
The decision Wednesday has brought the nationwide debate over protest’s role in democracy to Montana, where lawmakers punished Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr for voicing dissent
Protests and arrests on Monday galvanized both those demanding Zephyr be allowed to speak and others demanding she apologize for what they called an unacceptable attack on civil discourse
Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr on Friday sought to speak on a bill to prevent minors from seeing porn online, but House speaker Matt Regier blocked the request
Speaker Matt Regier said Thursday he would not recognize any representative that he doesn’t feel can “maintain decorum.” A conservative group of lawmakers referred to Rep. Zooey Zephyr using male pronouns in a letter that called for a “commitment to civil discourse”
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The state’s proposal is more sweeping than bans in place in nearly half the states and the U.S. federal government that prohibit TikTok on government devices
Authorities say the derailment happened Sunday in a hard-to-reach spot beside the Clark Fork River
The abortion pill ban and the sweeping ban conflict and create confusion about what is and isn’t permissible under the new laws
The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to abortion pills
In some states, Republicans are considering exemptions to sweeping bans or looking at ways to prevent abortions besides trying to roll back the number of weeks during which the procedure is allowed
So far this year, at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced across the US, which is the highest in a single year, according to the Human Rights Campaign
President Joe Biden has said the military is developing ‘sharper rules’ to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects
Authorities have shot down three different devices since Friday: the first was the size of a car, the second was cylindrical and the third octagonal
Schools would be allowed to discipline those who refer to transgender students by their birth name or birth gender when such behavior rises to the level of bullying
Republicans in the House chamber laughed in derision at the president’s off-the-cuff remark, which was not in his scripted speech
Schools would not be able to punish pupils who purposely deadname their transgender peers under a Republican-backed legislative proposal
In Congress and statehouses, the balloon’s journey added traction to decades-old concerns about foreign land ownership
