HONOLULU – After a federal district court ruled in January that a Hawaii state law censoring online political speech is unconstitutional, Hawaii officials chose not to appeal the decision, but instead to end their defense of the law and pay attorneys’ fees in The Babylon Bee v. Lopez.

TACOMA, Wash. – To settle a lawsuit brought by a Washington state couple, state officials agreed to a permanent injunction allowing religious families to serve as foster parents without promoting gender ideology.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Marking a final chapter in the Biden administration’s attempt to rewrite Title IX, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by activist groups that tried to revive the previous administration’s rewrite of Title IX. The 5th Circuit filed the order after a Texas school district and the U.S. Department of Education agreed to the dismissal.