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HELLERTOWN, Pa. — A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction today, ordering the Saucon Valley School District to allow the After School Satan Club to meet in district facilities.
The ACLU of Pennsylvania has released its third iteration of More Law, Less Justice: Pennsylvania’s Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline, a report analyzing the General Assembly’s consideration of legislation related to criminal law.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania praised a state House committee after the passage of legislation today to include sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in the commonwealth’s nondiscrimination law, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
PHILADELPHIA - A middle school teacher filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the Central Bucks School District, after district administrators began retaliating against him last year for advocating for a transgender student who was being harassed and bullied.
PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced today that he will continue the moratorium on executions established by his predecessor, Tom Wolf. Shapiro also urged the Pennsylvania General Assembly to repeal capital punishment.
PHILADELPHIA - Anti-abortion activists who sued the city of Philadelphia and Abortion Liberation Fund of Pennsylvania (ALF-PA) over a $500,000 donation that the city made to ALF-PA are dropping their lawsuit.