Comment on Menendez Poised to Blame His Wife in Bribery Case

(CHARLESTON, W. Va.) — West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U. S. Supreme Court. The Richmond-based 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage of gender-affirming surgery by West Virginia Medicaid. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The coverage exclusions facially discriminate on the basis of sex and gender identity, and are not substantially related to an important government interest,” Judge Roger Gregory, first appointed by former President Bill Clinton and re-appointed by former President George W.

(SHERIDAN, Ind.) — U. S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. But when $61 billion in additional support for the war effort came up for a vote in the House recently, she voted against it. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Instead she has called for better oversight of U.

Colorado lawmakers are racing against the calendar — or, depending on one’s outlook — wielding time like a weapon against disfavored policies — to finish their business for the 2024 regular session of the General Assembly. The legislature must adjourn by the end of the day on May 8, giving them 10 final days.

There are now just 10 days left in the 2024 Colorado legislative session. With a number of hefty bills still in the legislative pipeline, that means 10 days of long nights, voting marathons and hectic scrambling lie ahead of us. Or, to paraphrase how one senator put it to The Denver Post last week: Go outside, touch grass, and kiss your families goodbye for a little while. The bulk of Gov.

Priorities, priorities, and New York doesn't care much about its dedicated firefighters.

Milei needs to get going on his promise to dollarize because time is getting short.