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Design Group Pushes Back on North Carolina’s HB2

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Last year, Indiana passed, then modified a bill that would have permitted business owners to refuse service to customers based on religious beliefs. More recently, Georgia and Mississippi passed similar measures. In Georgia, the governor vetoed the legislation; in Mississippi, the governor signed the bill earlier this week.

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NCAA Tightens Rules Against LGBT Discrimination

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The strategy arose in response to a set of recent laws in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee that have been seen as discriminatory against gay and transgender individuals. Last year in Indiana, a religious-freedom law similar to North Carolina’s passed but was later revamped.