The executive branch of this state government, at the behest of Gov. [read post]

Co-authored by Phyllis Pond, R-New Haven, and John Day, D-Indianapolis, it would prohibit all gifts from lobbyists and would set a two-year restriction on former lawmakers who want to register as lobbyists. [read post]

They can design a single-user bathroom, permit the transgender student to use a faculty bathroom, or any other option that will make sure that student is never in the presence of students with a different biological sex while using a bathroom or changing.Custodians, EMTs, and student aides may set foot in the “wrong” bathroom if need be.The same rules apply to all bathrooms housed by public agencies (including courts, the legislative and executive branch, and the state’s… [read post]

The committee will hear testimony from Les Becker, deputy secretary of innovation at the Washington State Department of Health; Phyllis Arthur, vice president for infectious diseases and diagnostics policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization; David Janz, director of medical critical care services at University Medical Center New Orleans; and Anita Cicero, deputy director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. [read post]