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• November 07, 2025

  University Blocks Trans Athlete, Citing Trump Executive Order

  A transgender sprinter is suing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, claiming that the school violated New York state law by barring her from competing in a track event out of "fear" of going against President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports.

• November 06, 2025

  Okla. Pardon Board Recommends Commuting Death Sentence

  The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday recommended that the death sentence of a man whose 2004 conviction was clouded by evidence of inadequate counsel representation, claims of prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias be commuted to one of life without possibility of parole, one week before his scheduled execution.

• November 04, 2025

  4 Sue Mormon Church Over 'Known Pedophile' High Priest

  Four men are suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the state of Washington, alleging the church reinstated a known pedophile to the position of high priest without warning members, allowing him to continue sexually abusing children as young as 5 years old. 

• November 04, 2025

  Wash. AG Launches Public Records Unit To Up Transparency

  The Washington State Office of the Attorney General is launching a new unit designed to expand access to government records, the office announced on Tuesday, noting that public records requests in the state have nearly doubled over the past decade.

• November 03, 2025

  New Loan Forgiveness Rule Targets Trump Critics, States Say

  Two lawsuits filed Monday, one by a coalition of states and the other by a group of cities, unions and advocacy organizations, are challenging a new Trump administration rule imposing "intentionally vague" and allegedly illegal restrictions on student loan forgiveness for public employees intended to stifle dissent.

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