Alabama
The Democratic Party convention falls after ballot access deadlines in both states, but they have provided leeway to both parties in the past.
UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament.
If diversity isn't important to some Southern colleges and universities, maybe Black sports stars should play for schools that appreciate diversity, equity and inclusion.
“Hopefully, this will send the message that it’s inappropriate for the instructors, the teachers, to teach sexual orientation and gender identity," a sponsor of the bill said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Republican Study Group’s budget backs a bill that would give full legal rights to embryos from “the moment of fertilization.”
“It is allowing our racial ethnicity, and the significance of our skin color, to be slowly stripped away," a local Democrat said.
The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.
Critics panned the Alabama senator's theatrical approach to her State of the Union rebuttal speech.
The law protects in vitro fertilization providers from possible lawsuits and criminal prosecution.
The bill would ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and offices in certain public entities, state agencies and universities in the state.