Correction: Mass. Appeals Court Revives Fired Employee’s Religious Claim Over Vaccine Refusal September 30, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A surgical technician who was fired in 2021 after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons can pursue...
Court Reinstates Vermont Christian School to Sports League After Transgender Dispute September 24, 2025 By Kimberlee Kruesi and AMANDA SWINHART A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state’s sports league, overturning a previous ruling...
Virginia School Board Settles With Teacher Fired Over Trans Student’s Pronouns October 3, 2024 A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was...
New York Ups Workers’ Compensation Benefits; Targets Wage Theft, ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings September 11, 2023 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed three bills into law that affect workers, including one raising the minimum disability...
Native American Former Student Sues Ok. School for Removing Feather at Graduation May 22, 2023 TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A Native American former student is suing an Oklahoma school district for the removal of an...
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Order at New York’s Yeshiva University September 12, 2022 The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group...
Some Churches, Officials Struggle to Balance Right to Worship with Coronavirus Risk July 13, 2020 By David Crary Crowded bars and house parties have been identified as culprits in spreading the coronavirus. Meat packing plants, prisons and nursing...
Next LGBT Legal Battle for Supreme Court Will Be Religious Exemptions: Analysis June 16, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over...
Supreme Court Returns Gay Wedding, Religion Rights Case to State June 18, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a $135,000 award against an Oregon bakery that refused to make a cake...
Nevada Worker Fired For Not Accepting Scientology, Suit Says May 5, 2016 By Michelle Rindels A Catholic woman fired from her job at a bottled water company led by a Nevada lawmaker has filed a...