June 23, 2023
House speaker's affair, movement on voting, abortion, anti-trans bills
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Speaker of the House Tim Moore's love life — central to allegations in a new lawsuit against him — sucked a lot of the oxygen out of the room this week at the General Assembly. But the session kept on trucking. Republican lawmakers dropped a surprise abortion bill that looks like it's aimed at derailing a federal lawsuit. Major voting bills moved forward. So did bills limiting care for transgender teens and banning transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams. The state budget is still in limbo, as is the medical marijuana bill. And now it's official: This General Assembly session will continue well into July.
