Preliminary injunction sought by Arkansas halts changes to Title IX

Amelia Ford (center), a 10th grader at Brookland High School, stands between Arkansas Solicitor General Nicolas Bronni (left) and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin as she makes a statement during a news conference in Little Rock in this May 7, 2024, file photo. Ford was speaking on a lawsuit on behalf of four other states against the U.S. Department of Education over its update to Title IX regulations that included protections for transgender people and other members of the LGBTQ community in those states. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
Amelia Ford (center), a 10th grader at Brookland High School, stands between Arkansas Solicitor General Nicolas Bronni (left) and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin as she makes a statement during a news conference in Little Rock in this May 7, 2024, file photo. Ford was speaking on a lawsuit on behalf of four other states against the U.S. Department of Education over its update to Title IX regulations that included protections for transgender people and other members of the LGBTQ community in those states. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)


A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Arkansas and five other states against the U.S. Department of Education, effectively halting the implementation of an update to Title IX regulations that included protections for transgender people and other members of the LGBTQ community in...

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