Elizabeth volberding
Sweden Set To Join NATO After Hungary Authorizes Bid
Sweden is set to become the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) following negotiations that lasted over a year.
boys
New Calif. Law Requires ‘Gender-Neutral’ Toy Sections At Major Retail Shops
In 2024, a new law requiring “gender-neutral” toy sections in major retail establishments in California will go into effect.
Abril Elfi
Ohio Passes Bill Restricting ‘Gender-Affirming’ Medical Procedures, Hormones For Minors
Lawmakers in Ohio passed a bill that restricts minors from accessing “gender-affirming care,” and the bill also included verbiage to suggest that boys who identify as transgender girls would no longer have the ability to join female sports teams.
2023
Soaring hotel prices, crackdown on illegal renting to hit Paris 2024 experience
Visitors heading to Paris for the Olympics face major accommodation problems amid soaring hotel prices and a crackdown on rentals of tourist apartments.
activists
South Korean Court Upholds Law Banning Gay Sex Within Armed Forces
A South Korean constitutional court ruled it is unlawful to have same-sex relations within the country’s military.
abortion
Georgia Supreme Court Rules To Keep Six-Week Abortion Ban
The Georgia Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s judgment that Georgia’s restricted “heartbeat” abortion ban was invalid keeping the six-week ban in place.
Ballots
Newsom Signs Bills To Restrict Hand Counts In Elections, Workers Receive Additional Sick Days
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) signed into law two new bills, one that restricts the ability of local governments to manually count ballots and the other to guarantee workers more sick days.
Burt Jones
Georgia State Senate Announces Investigation Into Fulton County Jail Conditions
A Georgia state subcommittee has opened an investigation into Fulton County Jail conditions.
