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The Republican-backed measure strips economic development incentives from companies that voluntarily recognize unions. It could face a court challenge.
Police said the victims were lured to a home before they were tortured and killed.
The legislation comes amid a soaring number of book challenges often centered on LGBTQ content and efforts in a number of states to ban drag queen story readings.
The groups claim that the state of Alabama and its officials violated international human rights laws banning torture and other forms of inhumane and degrading treatment.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Key committees advanced legislation to change the states ballot certification deadline after the states GOP Secretary of State warned Biden may miss it.
The Democratic Party convention falls after ballot access deadlines in both states, but they have provided leeway to both parties in the past.
UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament.
If diversity isn't important to some Southern colleges and universities, maybe Black sports stars should play for schools that appreciate diversity, equity and inclusion.
Hopefully, this will send the message that its inappropriate for the instructors, the teachers, to teach sexual orientation and gender identity," a sponsor of the bill said.
The Republican Study Groups budget backs a bill that would give full legal rights to embryos from the moment of fertilization.