Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined to sign legislation requiring governments and businesses to treat immunity from a previous COVID-19 infection as equal to getting vaccinated. The bill, which requires a letter from a licensed physician or certain lab test results as proof of “acquired immunity,” became law without the Republican’s signature, taking effect immediately.
Two controversial education bills that will create procedures for Arizona parents to review library books and allow parents to sue if they think a school has violated their access to a student’s records were signed into law by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said he is moving another $500 million to fund his security initiative at the Texas-Mexico border, which has a price tag of upwards of $2 billion a year. State officials already transferred another $480 million from other agencies in January to keep the operation running through the spring.
The Montana state health department is not providing the forms needed for people to change the sex on their birth certificate, despite a recent court order. The order came out of a lawsuit over a 2021 law requiring transgender Montanans get surgery and a court order to get a different sex on their birth certificate.
The Connecticut Senate approved a bipartisan abortion bill that would be the most far-reaching in the state in the past 32 years. It would increase the number of medical professionals allowed to perform abortions and expand...
New Delhi / Atlanta: Indian-origin doctor Dr. Jitendra Patel, along with his Atlanta-based clinic Advanced Urology, has agreed to a settlement of approximately 161 crore (USD 14 million) to resolv...