The Social Democratic Prime Minister Mia Mottley (57) supports abolishing the homophobic law. DLNews Staff: It's another important step toward equality ...   On Monday, Barbados' Supreme Court struck down a ban on 'same-sex' sex as unconstitutional. The High Court of the island of 300,000 people in ...

DLNews-Politics: SB 916 Will Ensure Survivors Know About Their Rights in California   SACRAMENTO – Earlier today, the California State Senate gave final legislative approval to Senate Bill 916 by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), an important bill that will empower survivors with critical informati...

SACRAMENTO -  Today, Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) released the following statement after Legislative Democrats passed the primary 2022-2023 Budget Bill:   “With an almost $100 billion surplus, rising gas prices, and skyrocketing inflation, the best relief Legislative Democra...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- LGBTQ+ groups are celebrating President Joe Biden's executive order reversing a Trump-era ban on transgender people in the military.The ban took effect in April 2019 and prevented transgender people from enlisting, joining the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or attending mili...

NEW YORK - Although Democrats now have a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate, political-reform advocates say to pass progressive legislation, the first will have to eliminate the filibuster. By requiring a 60-vote majority to bring most legislation to a Senate vote, the filibuster rule allows a m...