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“We allow free people to make decisions for themselves as to what they want to do with their resources. I think that is a huge benefit in our society.”

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, regarding the 38-11 vote that a bill that would legalize sports gambling received in the state Senate on Wednesday, May 31, one of the legislation’s final hurdles to passage. About half of U.S. states currently allow mobile or online sports betting. (Associated Press — June 1, 2023)


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  • Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, commenting on the bill she signed into law on Tuesday, May 30, that will make it illegal for public higher education institutions to allow transgender people to participate in sports that do not correspond with the gender they were assigned at birth. This bill is in addition to the 2021 law that requires athletes to participate in sports that align with their biological gender throughout the K-12 level. (NPR — May 31, 2023)
  • Kenneth Williams, a professor of criminal procedure at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, regarding the potential conflict of interest if Sen. Angela Paxton, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s wife, will act as a “juror” in her husband’s Senate trial. Ken Paxton was impeached on 20 articles including bribery and abuse of public trust. The impeachment trial will begin no later than Aug. 28. (Associated Press — May 30, 2023)
  • Jim Murphy, an attorney with the National Wildlife Federation, regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to expand the ability of farmers, homebuilders and other developers to dig up or fill wetlands near rivers, lakes and streams, finding that the government had overreached in limiting such activities. Environmentalist groups are concerned that the decision will put wetlands at risk of pollution while farmers and builders are eager to make full use of their land. (Associated Press — May 26, 2023)
  • Carisa Lopez, political director for the progressive Texas Freedom Network, regarding a bill approved by state lawmakers this week that would allow public schools to use campus safety money to hire chaplains to counsel students. Supporters of the bill argue that chaplains can provide critical counseling to help prevent school shootings by addressing student mental health, amongst other issues, while critics claim the measure violates student religious freedom and allows an entryway for evangelizing. (Associated Press — May 25, 2023)
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