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News Articles: dress code

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill on Thursday. He says he will continue to wear a suit on the Senate floor in compliance with the newly codified dress code.

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  • Politics

Suit yourselves: The Senate formalizes a dress code just days after ditching it

Backlash ensued after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to relax its informal dress code last week. On Wednesday, lawmakers voted unanimously to codify business casual on the Senate floor.

September 28, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building last Wednesday. The Senate's unwritten dress code will no longer be enforced as of this week.

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  • Politics

The Senate's dress code just got more relaxed. Some insist on staying buttoned-up

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision not to enforce an unofficial dress code has elicited strong reactions and dominated talk on Capitol Hill, even as a potential government shutdown looms.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., pictured in Sept. 2022. The Republican-controlled House began its new session by strengthening its dress code for women.

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The Missouri House tightens its dress code for women, to the dismay of Democrats

As lawmakers met to debate House rules, one proposed requiring women to wear jackets. They ultimately passed a modified amendment (permitting cardigans), but not without vocal pushback from Democrats.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Some local governments and school districts in Texas are defying the governor's ban on mask mandates.

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  • Education

A Texas School Made Masks Part Of Its Dress Code To Get Around Gov. Abbott's Ban

Gov. Greg Abbott — who announced Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated — has been fighting with local governments over masks for months.

August 18, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Ever Lopez, 18, wore the Mexican flag over his graduation robe at his high school graduation ceremony. The school withheld his diploma, claiming he violated the dress code.

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  • National

A Student Punished For Wearing A Mexican Flag At Graduation Finally Gets His Diploma

Ever Lopez' act became a flashpoint in the city of Asheboro, fueling threats and social media attacks. Lopez said he wore the flag out of pride for his Mexican roots.

June 08, 2021
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  • Paul Garber
An unidentified young man wears his hair in dreadlocks in this file photo. A Texas school district won't change its policy on long hair — effectively continuing a de facto ban on dreadlocks, attorneys for suspended students told NPR.

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  • Education

Texas School Board Keeps Grooming Code That Led To Suspension Of Black Students

The Barbers Hill Independent School District forbids male students from wearing their hair long. Two Black students were suspended when they refused to cut their dreadlocks.

July 22, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
An image shown to students at Rome High school to explain new dress code requirements.

School Dress Codes Ruffle Feathers

Atlanta Public Schools may institute a dress code to ban clothing considered distracting by school officials. At Monday night’s Board of Education...

November 16, 2017
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By:
  • Emily Cureton and
  • Chloe Tilton

On Second Thought For Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Good news: breast cancer death rates dropped by nearly 40 percent in the last three decades. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis...

November 16, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
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