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By Emma Riley | March 12, 2021 | 11:51am EST
South Dakota gov. Kristi Noem (R). (Getty Images)
(CNS News) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) said she was “excited” to sign into law a bill that would prohibit transgender females (biological males) from participating in real women’s sports in the state’s public schools, its school districts, and in its colleges.
The legislation (HB1217) passed the South Dakota Senate (20-15) on Monday and is now on Gov. Noem’s desk. Noem tweeted on Monday, “In South Dakota we’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay by defending women’s sports! I’m excited to sign this bill very soon.”
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What have you done now, Tommy Tuberville?
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says he wasn t at a Jan. 5 meeting described by Trump supporters on social media, but their photos put him in the building. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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What the heck are you doing, Tommy Tuberville?
You haven’t been a U.S. Senator for a month, and already you’ve gotten yourself into some kind of mess. Maybe a really bad one.
Here’s what we know.
On Jan. 5, a day before a violent attack by Donald Trump supporters on our nation’s Capitol, a man named Charles Herbster posted about an unusual get-together he’d attended. Herbster, a Trump appointee who chaired the Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee, said on Facebook that he’d been in a meeting with several members of Trump’s inner circle, whom he listed by name.