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A Pennsylvania government panel has approved the addition of extensive definitions of sex, religious creed and race to nondiscrimination regulations.

A state panel on Thursday narrowly approved new, more inclusive definitions of sex, religious creed and race in Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination regulations.

Further, voters in Newburg and Newville boroughs will have local referendums regarding alcohol sales. - Advertisement - Any registered voter can vote on these measures, meaning that independents and third-party voters will have an interest in this year’s primary beyond the Democratic and Republican intra-party contests that are closed to those not registered with the major parties. The first two of the four questions are directly related to the political battle between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled state legislature over COVID-19 policy. The latter two questions,...

The favorable ruling provides state-level protections for LGBTQ workers for the first time under Texas State law.

HRC files amicus brief in Tarrant County case Jan 14, 2021 | (Photo via YouTube) Human Rights Campaign filed an amicus brief in the case  Tarrant County Community College v. Sims, which addresses the scope of protections against discrimination for LGBTQ workers under Texas state law. The case is in the Texas 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and was heard by a three-judge panel that included newly-elected Justice Dennise Garcia on Jan. 13. This is the first opportunity for a Texas state appeals court to interpret the Texas Commission on Human Relations Act after last summer’s U.S. Supreme Co...