The Utah State Board of Education wants to make it clear that it is the responsibility of school districts to determine how they will follow a new bathroom law in schools. This law requires students to use the bathroom based on the gender they were assigned at birth. The problem was that the Salt Lake City School District was not effectively informing students about which bathroom they should use, as required by the law. The Utah State Board of Education has not given any guidance or instructions, and they have not been told by the state legislature to give guidance...

Lawmakers in California’s Assembly Elections Committee will discuss a bill that aims to prevent lobbyists and government officials from using non-disclosure agreements during negotiations for proposed state laws. The bill, AB 2654, was created because of KCRA 3’s reporting on the use of NDAs in the final negotiations of California’s fast-food labor law. Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong, who is also running for Congress, wrote a proposal that would prevent lobbyists, lawmakers, and other government officials from using NDAs when working on proposed state laws. This means they would not be allowed to sign, request, or create NDAs during the process...

Former Rep. George Santos, who was involved in a scandal, has decided to temporarily stop his attempt to run for the 1st Congressional District in New York. He made this announcement on Tuesday. Santos believes that if he were to challenge the current Republican representative, Nick LaLota, it would greatly increase the chances of a Democrat winning the seat in November. “I don’t want people to think that I am running just to get back at Nick Lalota… “Even though Nick and I have different voting records and I still strongly disagree with his terrible record, I don’t want to...

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake recently gave an interview to an Idaho media outlet. In the interview, she expressed her disappointment that Arizona’s law from 1864, which prohibits almost all abortions, is not being enforced. This is a change from her previous comments earlier this month, where she had said that the revived law went too far. “The Arizona Supreme Court has stated that this is the law in Arizona.” “But sadly, the individuals in charge of our state have stated that we will not enforce it,” Lake said in a video interview with the Idaho Dispatch on Saturday....

On Tuesday, federal regulators put in place a rule that bans new noncompete agreements across the country. These agreements prevent many Americans, including both low-wage workers and CEOs, from switching jobs within their industries. The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-to-2 on Tuesday afternoon to approve a new rule. This rule will ban noncompete agreements for all workers once it goes into effect in 120 days. Senior executives can still be bound by existing noncompete agreements. Noncompete agreements cannot be enforced for any other employees. The antitrust and consumer protection agency received feedback from many individuals who claimed to have been...

On Tuesday, Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County announced that a gang member in San Onofre who shot a deputy in the back while he was sitting on his motorcycle at a stoplight in West Covina has been arrested by California Highway Patrol officers. Deputy Samuel Aispuro, who is 43 years old, was shot once at around 2:45 p.m. on Monday in an unexpected attack at the intersection of Barranca Street and East Garvey Avenue, according to authorities. After the shooting, Aispuro was able to use a radio to call for help, which started a large search for the...

On Tuesday, a large group of over 400 current and former Olympic, professional, and collegiate athletes, along with over 300 academics and around 100 advocacy groups, released separate letters. These letters were urging the NCAA to not ban transgender women from participating in women’s college sports. The letters were organized by Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ sports advocacy group. Some of the people who signed the letters are Megan Rapinoe, who used to be a co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team soccer, Sue Bird, who used to play basketball in the WNBA and in the Olympics, and R.K. Russell, who...

Authorities discovered human remains at a home in southern West Virginia. These remains are believed to belong to a woman and her daughter who went missing almost 24 years ago. Interestingly, the same day the girl’s alleged killer died in prison, the remains were found. State police are investigating the case. During a press conference on Tuesday, officials announced that the suspect confessed to shooting and killing Susan and Natasha “Alex” Carter. The two had been missing for over two decades. The suspect revealed that the motive behind the crime was financial troubles. Susan Carter and her daughter have not...

The U.S. Secret Service had meetings and made plans in case former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his criminal hush money trial and Judge Juan Merchan decided to send him to a short-term prison, according to officials who know about the situation. The decision on the matter was not made by Merchan on Tuesday after a heated hearing. Prosecutors currently want to impose a fine. “We are not currently looking for a prison sentence,” said assistant district attorney Chris Conroy. “However, it seems like the defendant is trying to provoke that outcome.” Officials said they don’t think Merchan...

Kansas Public Employees Retirement System can now invest more in private markets because of a new law that removes the limit on the pension’s investments. In recent years, many LPs have had to make tough decisions because the denominator effect caused their allocations to private assets to reach or exceed their target ranges. Public pension plans that are limited by state law in how much they can invest in alternative assets experienced the negative effects of having too much money allocated to these investments. Kansas has passed a new law that allows the $26.2 billion pension fund to invest more...