Alabama

“Hopefully, this will send the message that it’s inappropriate for the instructors, the teachers, to teach sexual orientation and gender identity," a sponsor of the bill said.
The Republican Study Group’s budget backs a bill that would give full legal rights to embryos from “the moment of fertilization.”
“It is allowing our racial ethnicity, and the significance of our skin color, to be slowly stripped away," a local Democrat said.
The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.
Critics panned the Alabama senator's theatrical approach to her State of the Union rebuttal speech.
The law protects in vitro fertilization providers from possible lawsuits and criminal prosecution.
The bill would ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and offices in certain public entities, state agencies and universities in the state.
Stewart defeated Bryan Taylor, a former state senator and legal adviser to two governors, to secure the GOP nomination.
Both parties held presidential primaries in the state on Tuesday.
Detectives took seven suspects responsible for the murder into custody within 48 hours of the investigation.