ATLANTA (AP) â Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Friday she has wrestled since her first year in office with whether to seek a second term, and this week she made a final decision to step aside even as she insisted she doesnât know what sheâll do next. More Headlines
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LGBTQ advocates and democrats are raising questions on the legality of a ban on transgender women and girls from playing on female school sports.
The GOP-backed ban on transgender students playing women and girls school sports is awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis s signature. Democrats and LGBTQ advocates say the move could result in lawsuits.
Governors in six states have already signed similar bans into law, and a seventh state has similar restrictions via executive order. Idaho s law is already facing a challenge. Proponents of the ban say people assigned male at birth have a physical advantage over those assigned female at birth. Meanwhile, Democrats and LGBTQ advocates like Equality Florida s Gina Duncan say the ban is harmful to young transgender people.
The Florida High School Athletic Association reversed course and reinstated six high jumpers for Friday’s girls Class 3A state track and field championships that it had previously disqualified.
The six student-athletes, including Lake Minneola senior Alexis Doll, were notified late Thursday after FHSAA officials contacted their coaches to inform them of the organization’s decision to allow them to compete.
While coaches of the student-athletes involved were informed Thursday evening, the FHSAA did not release a statement clarifying its position.
“I m so happy the FHSAA did the right thing,” said Maurice Campbell, Lake Minneola track and field coach. “They should never have been disqualified in the first place. I appreciate (Ed Thompson, the FHSAA athletic director who oversees track and field) reconsidering and allowing the girls to compete.
Development and the environment sometimes it’s a tough balance to make in South Florida.
One of the latest controversies is at the Calusa Country Club in West Kendall. The club has been closed down since 2011. The land has become an open space and many people living around it love it that way.
There was a covenant that required it to remain a golf course until 2067. But the real estate development company GL Homes, along with Bacardí, won the right to build 33 homes on the property
last October. They’ve petitioned to build a gated community with 550 single-family homes.
“It s 168 acres of beautiful, tranquil green space. And the rest of the homes and community are really built around it,” said Amanda Prieto, a leader with the