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Mayor Vetoes Plan To Let Store Owners Clear Homeless From Sidewalks in Front of Their Businesses

Matthew McDonald

The mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire has vetoed a proposed ordinance that would allow store owners to control the area of sidewalk in front of their store, effectively letting them kick out homeless people, after getting threatened by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The city council of New Hampshire's largest city approved the ordinance 12-0, with two councilors absent, on Tuesday, March 5, according to The Union Leader.

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Trump Administration Can’t Yank Federal Money From Planned Parenthood, Massachusetts Attorney General Claims in Lawsuit

Matthew McDonald

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is one of 20 Democratic state attorneys general filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Trump administration's new regulations requiring health clinics that receive federal Title X money for contraception for poor people not provide information and referrals concerning abortion.

The regulations are widely seen as targeting Planned Parenthood, since they require that recipients of federal funds not see patients for contraception in facilities where abortions take place; Planned Parenthood sees patients in abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood currently gets about $60 million a year in Title X funding from the federal government.

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