(The Center Square) - A bipartisan coalition of California lawmakers has introduced a bill to strengthen penalties, including potential felonies, for purchasing sex from 16- and 17-year-old children. The legislation also would make loitering to purchase prostitution a misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine.
(The Center Square) – Diversity, equity and inclusion programs moved closer to being banned at Kentucky colleges and universities after new legislation recently cleared its first hurdle.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that new network adequacy regulations for behavioral health services will now entitle New Yorkers to an initial ap…
GLOVERSVILLE — The Family Counseling Center recently announced Peter Lawrence has been named chief operating officer (COO), while Michael Coun…
The Family Counseling Center recently announced Peter Lawrence has been named chief operating officer (COO), while Michael Countryman will con…
GLOVERSVILLE — The Family Counseling Center recently announced Peter Lawrence has been named chief operating officer (COO), while Michael Coun…
ATLANTA — Senate Republicans advanced a bill that would bolster legal protection for religious rights, despite critics warning it could lead to discrimination against gay people and other groups. The measure, Senate Bill 36, limits the state’s ability to enforce or pass legislation that conflicts with religious beliefs. The bill passed along party lines in a 32-23 vote in the Senate on ...
Championing it as a measure promoting “equal opportunity” on Kentucky’s higher education campuses rather than the “subjective equity” contrived by diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, a Republican-backed bill to dismantle DEI advanced in a party-line committee vote Tuesday. House Bill 4 is “a bill that would ensure our post-secondary system in Kentucky is held accountable to dismantle ...
On the outskirts of Leavenworth, Kansas, sits an imposing concrete structure ringed with razor wire fencing. The prison hasn’t held an inmate in over three years, but its for-profit operators intend to change that soon. Before being shuttered in 2021, CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility served as a maximum-security federal prison, housing violent offenders on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service ...
NEW YORK — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has responded to Adrien Brody’s Oscars acceptance speech from behind bars. Brody on Sunday took the Academy stage to accept the award for his leading role in “The Brutalist,” and during his speech thanked the two children Weinstein shares with his ex-wife and Brody’s current partner, Georgina Chapman. “I share this with my amazing partner, ...