Tag: Social issues
After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
WASHINGTON — Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that...
Mexican president pushes controversial reforestation plan
KOPOMA, México — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a strong push Thursday for his oft-questioned tree-planting program, trying to get the United...
Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate
<p>CARSON CITY, Nev. — An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can...
North Dakota House overrides transgender sports bill veto
<p>BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s House dealt Gov. Doug Burgum his first veto setback of the session Thursday, overriding his rejection of a bill...
Kansas governor vetoes ban for transgender school athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican measure that would have made Kansas the latest state with a GOP-controlled...
Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate
CARSON CITY, Nev. — An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can...
Mormon sex therapist ousted from faith for critiques
SALT LAKE CITY — A sex therapist in Utah who has publicly challenged her faith's policies on sexuality has been kicked out of The...
Commonwealth panel acknowledges racism in honoring war dead
<p>LONDON — The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologized after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly Africans and Indians who died fighting...
Mexican president pushes controversial reforestation plan
<p>KOPOMA, México — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a strong push Thursday for his oft-questioned tree-planting program, trying to get the United...
Florida court deals blow to marijuana ballot initiative
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a potentially fatal blow to supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at legalizing...