Another federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the federal government’s expansion of Title IX, which aims to redefine “sex” to include gender identity and sexual orientation.

The latest ruling on July 2 was in the case of “Kansas v. United States Department of Education,” which involves several states and organizations challenging the Department of Education’s (DOE) final rule to redefine “sex,” slated to take effect on August 1.

The Biden administration’s Title IX rule is now blocked in 14 states and a hodgepodge of other locations across the country after a third federal judge issued a temporary order on July 2 preventing it from taking effect in four additional states.

U.S. District Judge John Broomes’ order is the latest development in a set of eight lawsuits challenging the Biden administration rule, which explicitly protects LGBTQ+ students and staff from discrimination by adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the definition of “sex discrimination.”

The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration.

The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Joe Biden. He had promised to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new protections for students accused of sexual misconduct.

The legal battle between Florida and Disney over how the company’s properties are developed in the future appears to have been resolved, with both parties agreeing to a settlement over control of the special district that includes Orlando’s Walt Disney Resort.

Members of the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously Wednesday to accept a deal proposed by the House of Mouse to end the lengthy and often bitter dispute sparked by the company’s opposition to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Disney and the state of Florida have reached a settlement agreement in their lawsuit about who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board announced Wednesday.

Members of the board approved the settlement agreement, ending the nearly two years of litigation that were originally sparked by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Disney has dropped its lawsuits against a special district backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that revoked the corporation’s self-governing status in the state, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday.

DeSantis signed legislation in February 2023 replacing Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District with the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, setting off nearly a years-long legal battle between the two entities. Disney has decided to drop the pending litigation on Wednesday, resulting in a win for the Florida Republican, according to multiple outlets.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—School administrators in New York City agreed to house illegal aliens at James Madison High School in Brooklyn without including parents in the discussion, documents obtained by The Oversight Project show. 

Emails obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through New York state’s Freedom of Information Law show that officials from the city’s Education Department met Jan. 9 with the high school’s principal to discuss “FBF Evacuation Planning” at the high school.

A controversial Florida bill, dubbed by critics as "Don’t Say Gay," is being upheld under a settlement reached Monday in federal court that will allow students and teachers to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity freely, so long as it’s not part of instruction. 

Parental rights organization Parents Defending Education (PDE) is suing President Joe Biden’s Department of Education for illegally withholding records of its coordination with left-wing advocacy groups on gender identity issues, the organization announced Wednesday.

CHARLESTON — Lawmakers Monday finally took a look at a bill that could throw the book at librarians over books deemed by some to be obscene.The House Judiciary recommended House Bill 4654 – removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to a minor of obscene matter – to the full House in a 21-3 vote Monday evening after nearly two-and-a-half hours of discussion.