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Inside Whitmire’s history of mixing lawmaking with personal business

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Inside Whitmire’s history of mixing lawmaking with personal business

It also helped him land a lucrative job. After the bill passed, officials with the Harris County probation department turned to Whitmire, paying him more than $80,000 to help explain the legal changes. They required probation rather than prison time for some criminals. The episode spurred two government investigations into whether he was paid with … Read more

Canada issues travel warning for anti-LGBTQ U.S. states

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Canada issues travel warning for anti-LGBTQ U.S. states

“Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws,” the government department that oversees the country’s international relations said in an advisory released last week, per the Washington Post. “2S” stands for “two-spirit,” a word that originated with Indigenous people to describe a spectrum of gender … Read more