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Source: pexels/RF_Studio Swindon Borough Council’s senior leaders encourage social workers to contribute and shape improvements in their practice and to their working environment. As a result, more practitioners are going permanent “I’ve worked in other local authorities where it has been so much about the numbers and the processes, that sometimes children get lost,” Amy says. “But in Swindon, the focus is definitely on the child.” This was among the reasons Amy, a social worker in Swindon Borough Council’s assessment and child protection team, made the decision to become perma...

Kansas legislators fail to overcome veto on transgender athlete ban, as supporters look to future Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal © Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal Thomas Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, takes a moment to collect himself before speaking to the press following a senate vote not to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto regarding a transgender bill Monday at the Statehouse. Lawmakers have vowed to continue the push for legislation banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports, even though members were unable to garner enough votes to ...

Kansas bill to ban transgender student athletes will not become law Kansas bill to ban transgender students won't become law and last updated 2021-05-04 00:00:54-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Legislation to ban transgender athletes from competing in girl’s and women’s sports will not become law in Kansas. Lawmakers in the Kansas Senate fell one vote short of overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto. The governor vetoed the bill last month, calling it “mean-spirited, divisive and (an) unnecessary piece of legislation.” “For me it’s been a mixture of emotions because ...

Kansas Republicans Fail to Override Governor’s Veto of Trans Sports Bill Read full article May 3, 2021, 10:05 PM·2 min read Senate Republicans in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a proposed ban on transgender individuals in girls’ and women’s athletics. The state senate voted 26–14 to overturn Kelly’s veto, falling short by one vote of the two-thirds majority required to advance the bill. Kansas is the second state in the past two weeks, after North Dakota, to garner insufficient support in the legislature to overturn a governor’s veto ...

John Hanna May 03, 2021 - 11:23 AM TOPEKA, Kan. - Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's school sports. The Senate's vote to override Kelly was 26-14, leaving backers of the measure one short of the necessary two-thirds majority and blocking an attempt in the House. The outcome was in doubt until the only Democrat to waver on voting against the override, Sen. David Haley, of Kansas City, cast his no vote. More than 20 states have consi...