(The Center Square) – A Denver City Council committee has approved a proposal to ban law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from wearing masks.

(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Department of Education, disputing its claim that the California Department of Education violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and challenging its threat to withhold $4.9 billion in federal education funding.

(The Center Square) – New York, California and Oregon are leading 12 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegedly threatening to withhold billions of dollars in grants unless states illegally discriminate against transgender people.

(The Center Square) – In Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit granted California’s emergency motion for a freeze, temporarily suspending a class-wide permanent injunction against the state’s gender secrecy policies in public schools. 

(The Center Square) – California’s litigation has resulted in $168 billion of federal funds staying in the state, Attorney General Rob Bonta told reporters Tuesday as he announced California’s 50th lawsuit this year against the Trump administration.

Editor's note: This story has been updated since its initial publication to include a response from the U.S. Department of Labor.