GOP bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports blocked in Senate

Public hearing largely draws criticism of GOP bills focused on transgender students

Democracy was in action at the Wisconsin State Assembly Thursday — in the form of a 10½-hour public hearing in front of its education committee.

Letter: Isle lawmakers sprint backward on Title IX | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

What a travesty. After all the hard work the late Congresswoman Patsy Mink did to get Title IX passed into law, we now have two senators representing Hawaii who set back female sports by voting to filibuster the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. How can they live with themselves? Do they not care about young girls’ safety, their ability to earn scholarships and their privacy? I hope Hawaii’s voters will express their displeasure with …

Democrats Keep Fighting To End Women's Sports, Tommy Tuberville Reacts | Hot Mic With Hutton And Withrow

Tommy Tuberville, the senior United States Senator from Alabama, is holding the Democrats accountable for their poor 'sportsmanship.’Tuberville has been immersed in a fight with Dems over his mission to save women's sports from trans athletes.The House previously passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" with full GOP support, but Tommy Tuberville’s Senate version failed as all Democrats voted against it, ignoring constituents and…

THU PM Update: Witnesses at packed Assembly hearing debate school pronouns bill

From WisPolitics ... -- At a crowded Capitol hearing today, Democrats argued provisions in a GOP bill prohibiting school staff from referring to students by their preferred name and pronouns without parental permission would allow school boards to stand in...

U.S. bishops respond to Senate’s failure to pass women’s sports bill

null / Credit: FabrikaSimf/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 6, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops reiterated their support on Thursday for a bill to protect women’s sports after the measure failed to pass the Senate in a procedural vote this week.In a statement released by the bishops’ conference, Bishop Robert Barron and Bishop David O’Connell called the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act “commonsense legislati…

Michigan GOP lawmakers pressure MHSAA to change transgender athlete policy

A group of GOP legislators held a press conference, where they stood behind a sign that read, "Protect girls' sports."