April 4, 2016
Governing March 25, 2016 By Alan Greenblatt St. Louis can’t get a break from its own state. Last year, Missouri enacted a law preventing St. Louis and other cities from setting their own minimum-wage rates and from banning plastic grocery bags. This year, state lawmakers have spent a considerable amount of …
April 4, 2016
Facing South April 1, 2016 By Allie Yee On March 23, North Carolina lawmakers approved a controversial new law rolling back local LGBT protections and sparking outrage across the state and country. HB2, which passed a special session of the legislature in nine hours and was signed into law by …
March 29, 2016
Citizen Times Tonya Maxwell March 26, 2016 ASHEVILLE – A federal court case brought by a transgender student, who is fighting to use boys’ restrooms in his Virginia school, could have implications for a controversial new state law in North Carolina, one that has come under scrutiny as a potential …
March 29, 2016
The News and Observer March 25, 2016 BY HENRY GARGAN AND TAMMY GRUBB CHAPEL HILL Local leaders spent this week considering the ramifications of House Bill 2and how they might support Charlotte or join the fight to oppose the state’s new law. HB2, passed in a special session called Wednesday …
March 29, 2016
Lambda Legal March 8, 2016 Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit today challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against North …