COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers challenging several Ohio laws that together force abortion patients to wait a minimum of 24 hours after receiving unnecessary state-mandated information in person before they can acce  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following CAIR In the News wrap up: * * * CAIR-Ohio: Cleveland City Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution after sustained protests at meetings (https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-city-council-passes-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-after-sustained-protests-at-meetings/) In a statement, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called the resolution "a testament to the people of Cleveland's  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on March 26, 2024: * * * TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS: * 34 states are currently in session as of March 22 * 8 states have ended session as of March 22 - So far, HRC tracking about 805+ bills: - 205+ pro-equality - 425+ anti-LGBTQ+ Eleven anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law (Ohio: HB 68, Tennessee: HB 0878, Utah: HB 261, Utah: HB 257, Wyoming: SF 9, Utah: HB 157, Utah: HB 316, Alabama: SB 129, Utah:  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 -- The Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Public Library Association (PLA) is pleased to announce Shola Richards, founder and CEO of "Go Together" and best-selling author, will open the PLA 2024 Conference (https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/01/placonference.org), taking place April 3-5, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. Richards replaces Dr. Joy Buolamwini, who will no  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 30 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers challenging several Ohio laws that together force abortion patients to wait a minimum of 24 hours after receiving unnecessary state-mandated information in person before they can ac  more