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Girls basketball team banned from boys league after reaching championship

A sixth-grade girls' basketball team from northern Kentucky was banned from a boys' basketball league after romping through the regular season to reach the championship.The squad from Next Level Girls Basketball notched a 7-1 record in a city-wide basketball league run by Southwestern Ohio Basketball and was preparing for the championship when league president Tom Sunderman notified the athletic academy that it would be too risky to let them play for the title, reported WVXU-FM.

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Ethics bill would ban ‘pay-to-play’ political donations from companies with government contracts

The state of Tennessee every year pays billions to private companies that have contracts to perform government work. And, in some cases, those companies then make sizable campaign contributions directly to the politicians who influence whether those agreements are approved.
To the public, this looks like “pay-to-play” politics, according to Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, and Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, who are introducing groundbreaking anti-corruption legislation to put an end to this practice.

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Georgia state House passes bill allowing police to arrest anyone suspected of being in country illegally

The Georgia state House passed a bill that allows for anyone suspected of being in the United States illegally to be arrested. The state House voted 97-74 to approve House Bill 1105, which would al…

Georgia state House passes bill allowing police to arrest anyone suspected of being in country illegallyhttps://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4500897-georgia-state-house-passes-bill-allowing-police-to-arrest-anyone-suspected-of-being-in-country-illegally/Open linkView original on kbin.social

Alleged cult leader 'Natureboy' learns his sentence after being found guilty of rape

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge sentenced alleged cult leader Eligio Bishop to life without parole plus 10 years after a jury found him guilty of rape and other charges Friday.

The 40-year-old, known as "Natureboy," is the alleged leader of the "Carbon Nation" group. He was arrested in April 2022. A grand jury later indicted him on five charges, including rape in July 2022.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/trials/verdict-reached-alleged-cult-leader-natureboy-eligio-bishops-trial/85-01bb4625-b441-436f-a486-6f19e93138d3Open linkView original on kbin.social