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A federal court has scheduled a telephone conference Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's restrictions on felon voting.

 

Two groups have filed a lawsuit against State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Board of Education on behalf of a student claiming they violated the student's civil rights.

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The Supreme Court's ruling this year striking down affirmative action is impacting industries outside of education, with even a medical group looking to end diversity practices within a state podiatry board.

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A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city

A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi's majority-Black capital city.

The OKELC and Oklahoma Appleseed filed a lawsuit against State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the OSDE after they denied two students requests to change their gender on school records.