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CHARLESTON â A federal judge has ruled that a West Virginia transgender girl can, at least for now, play on the girls teams at her school, despite the Republican-dominated state Legislature passing a law this year to ban that.
Heather Jackson filed a lawsuit in May, saying her 11-year-old daughter, Becky Pepper-Jackson, wanted to try out for the cross-country and track teams at her Harrison County school for the upcoming school year.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin granted Wednesday a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of the law against just Pepper-Jackson while the case continues.
âWhether the law is facially unconstitutional is an issue raised in the Complaint and will be resolved at a later stage of litigation,â he wrote.
Charleston Activists Call For Local Health Emergency wvpublic.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvpublic.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Kanawha County has the
most alarming HIV outbreak in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Tuesday, a small team from the CDC arrived in the capitol city to figure out what more could be done to stomp out this growing epidemic.
In February, the CDC offered to help. With a
push from Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin, the state requested an “Epi-Aid” an investigation followed by rapid, short-term assistance.
In April, the CDC sent two specialists to Charleston for a three-month term. Now, the CDC is sending reinforcements a team of five to nine people will work in Charleston for four weeks, along with a host of experts working remotely.