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AR: Eureka Springs Adds Health Coverage for Domestic Partners

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Eureka Springs Domestic Partner BenefitsEureka Springs, Ark., long known as a gay tourist destination, has become the first city in the state to offer health benefits to the domestic partners of municipal employees, according to a press release we received Monday: The only city in Arkansas with a Domestic Partnership Registry today became the first city in the state to provide health care coverage for the domestic partners of municipal workers.

The city’s insurance provider, the Arkansas Municipal League, notified the city that beginning January 1, 2011 both same- and opposite-sex partners of city workers will have the same access to health insurance as legal spouses.

The announcement culminated a year-long campaign by residents of the Northwest Arkansas tourist town which in June 2007 became the first city in the state to enact a Domestic Partnership Registry ordinance to officially recognize unmarried couples in committed relationships.

Full Story from the Dallas Voice

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PA: Allentown Considering Benefits for Partners of Gay/Lesbian Employees

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Allentown may soon be the second city in the state to offer health benefits to partners of gay employees. A bill extending the employee benefits to same-sex couples was expected to be introduced last Wednesday, but was pulled at the last minute after the city’s solicitor’s office expressed some concerns over language in the bill.

City Council has declined to release the legal opinion, citing lawyer-client privilege. However, council President Michael D’Amore, a sponsor of the bill, said the legal concerns are technical, and he expects to introduce the bill as early as the next meeting, Oct. 20. Currently, only employees and their dependents – spouses and children – can be enrolled in the city’s self-insured health benefit program.

One of the issues raised by the solicitor’s office, says city Councilwoman Jeanette Eichenwald, is language in the bill that could trigger lawsuits from heterosexual employees who are unmarried but in committed relationships. These employees, like gay employees, cannot add their partners to their health plans, Eichenwald said.

Full Story from The Morning Call

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MD: Annapolis Extends Benefits to Partners of Gay/Lesbian City Employees

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Mayor Josh Cohen has extended employment benefits to the same-sex partners of Annapolis’ workers, giving them access to medical plans. Under the new city rules taking effect July 1, the same-sex partners of city employees can enroll in city-offered medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits. Those benefits do not extend to unmarried heterosexual couples.

Only same-sex partners are eligible for the domestic partnership benefit option because they don’t have the ability to marry in Maryland. The city’s policy comes months after state employees and retirees and their same-sex domestic partners were allowed to enroll in benefit programs.

“This is very exciting and it’s a move in the right direction towards equality in Maryland. And it’s appropriate because it’s the seat of our government,” said Morgan Meneses-Sheets, executive director for Equality Maryland, an advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Marylanders.

Full Story from the SF Examiner

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MN: House Approves Funeral Rights for Gay/Lesbian Couples

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

On Tuesday, the Minnesota House approved a measure that allows gay and lesbian couples to control the remains of a loved one. If approved, it would be the first time the state has recognized gay couples as domestic partners.

House members approved the measure on a 78-to-55 vote.

The measure, sponsored by Rep. Eric Murphy, a Saint Paul Democrat, allows a surviving domestic partner to decide what to do with the remains of a loved one. Currently, only married spouses can make such decisions under Minnesota law. The measure also allows a partner the right to sue to recover funeral and hospital costs in the event of a wrongful death.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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WA: Proposed Income Tax Would Include Gay, Lesbian Couples

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Supporters of an initiative campaign to tax the earnings of couples making more than $400,000 annually want to make sure the state’s domestic partners are taxed at the same rate as married couples.

An updated draft of Initiative 1077 was filed with the secretary of state on Friday. The initiative was announced Wednesday by Bill Gates Sr. and others. In addition to making some technical changes, it adds language to ensure that it is consistent with the state’s latest expansion to domestic partnerships.

I-1077 would tax couples with adjusted gross incomes greater than $400,000 annually, or incomes of more than $200,000 for individuals. Supporters said that represents the top 3 percent of earners in Washington. It also would cut the state property tax by 20 percent and increase the business-and-occupation tax credit to $4,800.

Full Story from Seattle PI

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