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Kansas governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill, citing ‘numerous and significant consequences’
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a controversial bill that forces transgender people to use bathrooms that match their biological sex at birth, saying the poorly drafted legislation would have far-reaching consequences.
The Democratic governor now hands House Substitute for Senate Bill 244 back to a Legislature that has enough Republican votes to override her veto and put the bill into law.
The bill requires government entities to police bathrooms and other private spaces in their buildings, and levies fines against the governing body for failing to comply. It also sets up escalating penalties for individuals who use a bathroom that doesn’t match their sex at birth.
In a statement Friday, Kelly cited multiple situations that would be affected by HB 244.
Kelly said she vetoed the bill because of those “numerous and significant consequences.” Click here to read more.https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/13/kansas-governor-vetoes-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-citing-numerous-and-significant-consequences/
Neighbors claim they haven’t seen missing Enterprise girl for weeks
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) -There is a growing mystery surrounding a 3-year-old Enterprise girl who was reported missing early this morning.
Neighbors said they have not seen Genises Nova Reid for several weeks, and, according to multiple sources, police are leery that the child disappeared mysteriously from her bedroom as her mother claimed.
Neighbors who gathered to witness a massive law enforcement search for the girl in the Apache Drive are told News4’s Jacklynn Lambert they did not recall seeing Genises since early January.
Enterprise police posted a flyer saying a parent discovered her missing and a door to the home was open. Click here to read more.
Voters can lower their own property taxes under Michigan rules
Michigan lawmakers want to do something about high property taxes. They should note that voters already get to decide whether property taxes are worth it when they vote on new local millages. But the deck is often stacked against taxpayers, and legislators should give them a fairer shot.
The Headlee Amendment in the state Constitution subjects property taxes to voter approval. This ensures that taxes have direct popular support. People can reject new millages and let old authorizations expire to lower their property taxes.
This requirement shouldn’t have been necessary, but it was. Elected officials are supposed to represent the interest of local residents, so the taxes they propose ought to be supported by voters. Click here to read more.
Waste of the Day: Principal Bought Lobster with School Funds
Most New York public school lunches consist of room temperature chicken nuggets or reheated pizza. But at Wyandanch Memorial High School on Long Island, principal Paul Sibblies dined on steak and lobster at taxpayers’ expense.
Sibblies reimbursed himself a total of $35,519 from 2021 to 2024 using cash meant for a school club, without approval or supervision from anyone besides his own secretary, according to an audit obtained by Newsday.
Key facts: Sibblies paid himself 41 times using money from the high school’s Kappa League club, a leadership program affiliated with the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
The most concerning was the steak and lobster Sibblies and an unidentified person ate at a restaurant in Delaware. Sibblies reimbursed himself $126 for the bill, which also included alcohol. He logged the transaction as “EOY Academic Success.”
Is Legacy Media Becoming Irrelevant?
The American people’s confidence in mass media appears to be continuing its spiral downward, according to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey. The poll found that 57% of the public has little or no confidence “in journalists to act in the best interests of the public.”
Some conservatives are pointing to dwindling public trust and legacy media layoffs as the last gasp of a dying empire, but analysts say, “Not so fast.”
The Pew poll results, released Wednesday, revealed that just 6% of Americans have “a great deal of confidence” that journalists have the public’s best interest in mind, with 37% having “a fair amount of confidence” (the total of 43% who say they have confidence in journalism is down from 47% in last year’s Pew survey). Click here to read more.
