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Vermont Parents No Longer Have To Pick ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ After Birth of Baby

Vermont Parents No Longer Have To Pick ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ After Birth of Baby

Matthew McDonald

Parents of newborns in Vermont can now pick "a nonbinary gender marker" on the baby's birth certificate instead of "male" or "female."

The state's one and only law school can claim credit for it.

Former Mayor of Cranston Running For President? Yes — And He’s Got Big Ideas On Social Security and Taxes for the GOP
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Former Mayor of Cranston Running For President? Yes — And He’s Got Big Ideas On Social Security and Taxes for the GOP

Tom Joyce

Former Cranston mayor Steve Laffey sees a problem with the Republican Party.

The 60-year-old Republican, who served as the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007, thinks his party is abandoning fiscal responsibility.

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