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Sen. Lee Bright has been defeated in GOP primary runoff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Controversial Sen. Lee Bright who sponsored a transgender bathroom bill that failed in South Carolina has been defeated in a GOP primary runoff. The Roebuck Republican was the only incumbent publicly opposed by the state Chamber of Commerce’s political committee, which ran several radio ads against him. The ads criticized Bright’s bill as a time-wasting political…

Obama to Public Schools: Allow Transgender Students Access to Bathrooms

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story characterized the letter sent to school by the Obama administration as an order; this has been changed to reflect that it is a letter of guidance. The Obama administration today will call on public school districts nationwide to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, sources told…