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Independence Day, Ranked-Choice Wins and Jacinda Ardern: This Week in Women’s Representation
Ms. Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little...
US Supreme Court to take up issue of state bans on transgender women in sports
Pink News
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July 3, 2025
The Supreme Court with a person holding a trans flag outside it. (Getty/Canva) The Supreme Court has announced that it will take up multiple cases concerning state bans on transgender women in sports, which in turn could potentially lead to a...
8 Maryland sheriffs’ offices now partner with ICE, claiming it protects communities. Immigrant advocates say the opposite.
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
In June, another Maryland county joined an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that would allow local officers to carry out some of the federal agency’s work, bringing the number of participating counties up to eight. The Trump...
Way Too Early NCAA Women's Cross Country Rankings 2025
FloTrack - Texas
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July 3, 2025
The landscape shouldn't change too much for the women's NCAA Cross Country season, and that should lead to thrilling battles throughout the course of the 2025 season. With the start of the 2025 Cross Country season officially in the windshield, we...
W.Va. BOE holds emergency meeting to discuss religious vaccine exemption lawsuit
The Journal - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
CHARLESTON – Members of the West Virginia Board of Education gathered for the first time since a Raleigh County parent filed a lawsuit – supported by Gov. Patrick Morrisey – to challenge a directive from the board requiring counties to not allow...
Cleveland & Akron metro areas join growing list of places where seniors now outnumber children
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 3, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio - People over the age of 65 now outnumber children in both the Akron and Cleveland metro areas as the region has joined a growing list of such places across the country. Nearly a third of the metro areas in the United States - 112...
SCOTUS to Decide: Can States Say No to Men in Women’s Sports?
Townhall
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July 3, 2025
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear two cases involving state bans on men in women's sports, according to the Wall Street Journal. One of the cases comes from Boise State University in Idaho, where a man was prevented from...
Supreme Court to decide whether states can ban transgender women & girls from sports
The Advocate
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July 3, 2025
One week after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear two challenges to state laws that ban transgender students from participating in girls’ and...
Supreme Court to hear challenges to bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
Washington Examiner
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July 3, 2025
The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a pair of cases over the constitutionality of state laws banning biological males from competing in women’s sports.The high court will hear arguments in Little v. Hecox and B.P.J. v. West Virginia...
Along the Race Course: Julia-Ann Historical District – Mile 0.5
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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An arch over the road marks the entrance to the Julia-Ann Historic District in the first mile of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon. PARKERSBURG — Mile 0.5 takes runners and walkers through the Julia-Ann Historic District, which is the oldest and...
Supreme Court Takes Up Cases On Transgender Women In Sports
Forbes
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Topline The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will take up multiple cases concerning state bans on transgender women in sports, teeing up a potential landmark ruling on transgender rights as the issue has become an increasing source of political...
Local Doctor for Decades, Medical Leader, Educator, Pilot, George William Shehl, Jr., Passes at Age of 72
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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July 5, 2025
George William Shehl, Jr., MD, 72, of Clarksburg passed away peacefully on July 1st, 2025 at home with his wife and sons by his side. He was born on January 5th, 1953 in Clarksburg, WV the son of George W. Shehl Sr. and Mitzie Carrillo Shehl....
Montana State names former Rutgers assistant Hailey Barrett new women's tennis head coach
406 Sports - Montana
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MSU Sports Information and Chronicle Staff Hailey Barrett, who recently completed her third season as an assistant at Rutgers University, has been named Montana State’s next women’s head tennis coach, MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello...
Radical roots and enduring activism: Milestones in LGBTQIA+ history at Illinois State University
Illinois State University
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June 30, 2025
Illinois State University’s LGBTQIA+ community has long played a vital role in shaping campus life—often in ways that remained hidden from official narratives. While queer students, staff, faculty, and administrators have been a part of Illinois...
6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season
SB Nation
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July 3, 2025
The start of the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season is still about four months away, but it’s never too early to begin speculating on who the best players in the sport might be. It seems unlikely that we will see a repeat National Player of...
SCOTUS set to hear challenges in 2 states regarding biological men competing in women’s sports
One America News Network
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July 3, 2025
(Background) The US Supreme Court. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) Transgender Cyclist Rachel McKinnon poses for a photograph before competing against the USA’s Dawn Orwick. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) /...
$1 million club: New contract puts this women’s college basketball coach among the nation’s highest paid
SB Nation
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July 3, 2025
After a mightily impressive first season on the job in Knoxville, Kim Caldwell was rewarded with a reworked contract and one-year extension by Tennessee. Details of the contract weren’t available back in March, but documents obtained by SB Nation...
Fraternity selects Woodmere mayor to lead voter education and mobilization efforts
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 2, 2025
WOODMERE, Ohio -- Mayor Ben Holbert has been appointed chairman of the Voter Registration, Education and Mobilization Committee for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Fourth District, which encompasses Ohio and West Virginia. His selection underscores...
Supreme Court takes up bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports
CBS News
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By Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn Politics Reporter Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on...
State Board of Education prepares for courtroom challenges to vaccination policies, regulatory authority
MetroNews - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
The state Board of Education is hiring outside counsel, veteran attorney Ben Bailey, for representation in ongoing legal conflicts about significant public policy matters. The board faces multiple lawsuits about the state’s school vaccination...