Arkansas Times: “Casey Copeland, the state contractor who was fired after emailing Rep. Charlene Fite (R-Alma) to criticize her vote to deny gender-affirming care to transgender youth, has had his state contract reinstated permanently.
After working as an attorney for the state on dependency-neglect cases since 2012, Copeland said he was fired on April 1 after emailing Fite on March 30 to criticize her uniquely cruel bill stripping gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Fite tattled about the email to Copeland’s bosses, and Copeland was promptly dismissed.
An August preliminary injunction barring state officials from terminating Copeland’s contract was made permanent by a federal district court on October 19.”