The Latest on a federal lawsuit over a Mississippi religious objections law (all times local): 1:58 p.m. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is criticizing the American Civil Liberties Union over the group’s federal lawsuit that seeks to block a law that will let workers cite their own religious objections to same-sex marriage to deny services to people. Republican Bryant signed House Bill 1523 in …
The tense state of relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has been roiled lately by two issues: a pending bill in Congress that would allow lawsuits against countries found to have been involved in terrorist attacks on American soil, and the so-called “28 pages,” parts of a congressional inquiry after September 11th that are said to detail possible Saudi complicity in …
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of a gay couple challenging a Mississippi bill that lets certain businesses refuse to serve gay couples based on religious objections. …
A measure introduced in the New Jersey Legislature this year has the potential to save class action litigants both time and money, sponsors of the legislation say. The legislation, S1845, would allow a person involved in a class action lawsuit to immediately appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court as to the certification or decertification of the …
Two years ago, the president of Credit Management Services, a collection agency in Grand Island, Nebraska, presented a struggling local family with the keys to a used 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis. To commemorate the donation, the company held a ceremony that concluded outside its offices, where the couple and their two young girls could try out their new car. But CMS played …
The way milk is priced at the federal level ultimately affects shoppers in the stores. But it’s a complicated process that includes a minimum price set by the feds and a market premium above that set by groups like the Dairy Farmers of America. Those in the industry say, often, both the consumer and the producer get a raw deal.
Listen, if we were given a choice, most of us would probably opt out of getting our periods for the majority of our lives. It can be painful, messy, and last but not least, expensive. Women spend upwards of $70 a year on products like tampons and pads.
The New York state senate is poised to eliminate New Yorkers’ so-called “tampon tax.” Feminine hygiene products are currently taxed as “luxury items” in New York, but a new bill could result in their reclassification as tax-exempt necessities, instead. The Republican-run senate passed the bill unanimously on Monday (April 11) after it had passed the state assembly in March, also with full …
More than 40 years since the passage of Roe v. Wade, United States politics are still fraught with arguments over the sovereignty of women’s bodies and decisions that make the upkeep of women’s reproductive health all the more expensive and difficult. The year is 2016, and although it may be hard to face reality, there lies a lamentable truth: The accessibility of women’s healthcare is not a …
“With my bill, we can protect the health and safety of fashion models, but we can have a societal impact to make sure that women and girls have a healthy body image.” The bill would require the commission to maintain a database of all models’ health certificates. This bill wouldn’t force models to maintain a certain body mass index; rather it would require state regulators to develop …