Category: Government

The 12th District Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous decision that Warren County Probate Judge Joseph Kirby’s previous rejection of the name change “was arbitrary, unreasonable, unconscionable and based solely upon the transgender status of the applicant’s child,” The court found,…

The court’s unanimous decision struck down the administrative code governing Medicaid in Iowa that classifies transition-related surgeries as “cosmetic, reconstructive or plastic surgery” and explicitly bans “surgeries for the purpose of sex reassignment.” Transgender surgeries can range from $20,000 to $100,000, putting…

CONCORD, N.H. The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday sided with online travel websites in a dispute over collection of the state’s rooms and meals tax. The state sued Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz and Travelocity in 2013 in hopes of recovering hundreds of…