The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a complaint today with the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of seven students in Central Bucks School District who allege a widespread culture of discrimination against TLGBQIA+ students, particularly trans students.

Under the settlement agreement, Fayette County has agreed to limit the prison population to 180 people and to promptly provide ACLU-PA and PILP with a plan to bring the population down should it exceed 180 people.

Today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld Act 77 of 2019, Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail law, and overturned a lower court ruling that had declared the law unconstitutional.

The state Senate passed House Bill 972, legislation that would ban participation in school sports by transgender students in public schools and state-funded universities and colleges. 

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to halt a unanimous federal appeals court ruling that required the counting of 257 timely received ballots in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, which had been excluded from the 2021 election due to the lack of a handwritten date on the outer envelope.

Today, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the law firm O’Brien Coleman & Wright announced a settlement between Allegheny County and Jules Williams, bringing to a close Ms. Williams’ federal civil rights lawsuit over sexual assault she suffered at the Allegheny County Jail in 2015.

Today, the Senate Education Committee passed legislation to bar transgender girls and women from participating in scholastic sports based on their gender identity.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Better Path Coalition announced an interim settlement today with the city of Harrisburg that lifts most of the city’s conditions for the coalition’s Pennsylvania Climate Convergence in June.