51 Illinois Families Ask Court to Suspend School's Bathroom, Locker Room Policy
Aug. 16, 2016 |
Good morning from Capitol Hill. Traveling this summer? Watch out for the federal agency looking to make some extra cash. Jason Snead has the details. As the start of school nears, dozens of Chicago-area families go to court over a policy that allows a transgender student access to girls' locker rooms. Plus: an immigrant shares how licensing laws are hurting her chance at the American dream, a look at the goals of Congress' task force on policing, and a tale of how burping led to more than a mom's reprimand. |
News51 Illinois Families Ask Court to Suspend School's Bathroom, Locker Room PolicyThis case is particularly important among the lawsuits involving the fight between transgender and privacy rights because it's "the only case that has parents and students as plaintiffs resisting what the federal government has done," according to a lawyer involved. |
NewsCoalition Urges Congress to Sue Obama Before He Gives Away Control of InternetBy using government resources to prepare to hand off control this September, the coalition argues that the Obama administration violated the spending directive and federal law. |
NewsIn Louisiana, It Takes 750 Hours of Training to Legally Thread Eyebrows"My customers were so happy. They don't want me to close, they want to come back to me for threading," says salon owner Lata Jagtiani. |
NewsThis Former Sheriff Is Leading the GOP's Response to Policing 'Crisis' in America"The first thing you have to do is make it clear that it's not right to assault a police officer, shoot an officer, or kill an officer," says Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. |
CommentaryLooking to Seize More Cash, Government Targets TravelersThe Drug Enforcement Administration is pulling Americans' travel data en masse from airline and Amtrak records, profiling individuals with "suspicious" travel habits. |
CommentaryBurping in Class? You're Under ArrestUnder New Mexico's misdemeanor sentencing statute, a defendant faces up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $500, or both for "willfully interfer[ing] with the educational process of any public or private school." |
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