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Virginia House advances constitutional amendments on same-sex marriage, abortion, voting rights

Daily Press 15 Jan 2025
It’s the first step in a two-year process led by Democrats to amend the state Constitution ... Democrats have said the passage of those amendments on first reference is a legislative priority for them this session.
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Milledgeville City Council meets - The Union-Recorder | The Union-Recorder

The Union-Recorder 15 Jan 2025
for a convenience store and gas station as a first read; Ordinance O-2501-02- An ordinance to allow special use of 196 Roberson Mill Road to add two gas pumps with a canopy at the existing convenience ...
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Crockett, Mace get into heated exchange over trans rights: 'If you want to take it outside'

The Hill 15 Jan 2025
Mace said she has the First Amendment right to say what she wants ... The bill would amend Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools and educational programs that receive government funding.
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Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to ...

News-Press Now 15 Jan 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week ... .
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Skeptical Supreme Court justices weigh a rescue of TikTok from nearing ban

Montrose Press 15 Jan 2025
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned why they should intervene to block a law forcing the sale of TikTok in nine days, saying the short-form video platform’s Chinese parent company does not enjoy First Amendment rights ... .
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Court Lets Tennessee Age Verification Law Take Effect

The Greeneville Sun 15 Jan 2025
NASHVILLE — A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week for oral ....
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TikTok preparing for US shut-off on Sunday: reports

The Times of India 15 Jan 2025
ByteDance seeks to delay the ban, citing First Amendment rights. .
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Judges let porn-site age law take effect

NWA Online 15 Jan 2025
... age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S.
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US Supreme Court weighs Texas age-check for porn sites

Raw Story 15 Jan 2025
Texas is one of nearly 20 states to institute such a requirement, which critics argue violates First Amendment free speech rights ... that remains fully protected by the First Amendment," the EFF said.
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Bill requiring Ten Commandments in North Dakota classrooms sparks heated debate

The Dickinson Press 15 Jan 2025
Supporters of the bill say that since the Lemon Test — used for decades to determine whether a law violated the First Amendment's establishment clause creating a separation of church and state — was ...
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Second hotel planned for Panhandle

Progressive Journal 15 Jan 2025
The Lancaster County Council gave first reading at their first official meeting of 2025 on Monday, Jan. 13, to amend the county’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to allow an increase in the height ...
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TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday, The Information reports

Emirates 24/7 15 Jan 2025
TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S ... If TikTok shuts off for all U.S. users, the outcome would be different from that mandated by the law ... assets by Jan ... Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech ... ....
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Oklahoma first responders get more help to deal with trauma

Plano Star Courier 15 Jan 2025
Senate Bill 1457 went into effect this year, amending state law so that first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder do not have to be physically injured to qualify for workers' compensation.
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TikTok prepares for shutdown in US this Sunday. What does it mean?

Hindustan Times 15 Jan 2025
Also Read ... Also Read. Union Budget ... The company has sought at least a delay in the law's implementation, claiming that it violates the US constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech. Also Read ... ....
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A Mass. senator wants to extend the TikTok ban deadline by 270 days. Here's his plan.

Cape Cod Times 15 Jan 2025
"In the brief, Senators Markey and Paul and Representative Khanna argued that the TikTok ban lacks evidence and directly conflicts with the First Amendment, undermining the rights of over 170 million ...

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