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Confusing ID requirements and ban on soliciting ballots are inhibiting would-be voters and voting rights advocates Officials in Texas are rejecting thousands of mail-in ballots ahead of the first 2022 midterm primary votes next month, raising serious alarm that a new Republican law is going to disenfranchise droves of eligible voters. The state’s 1 March primary is being closely watched as t...

Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts providers in an ethical bind and could discourage some patients from care. The therapists take no issue with the main aim of the legislation, which is to prevent patients from being blindsided by bills, usually for treatment received from out-of-network medical providers...

(Fiordaliso / Getty Images) Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts providers in an ethical bind and could discourage some patients from care. The therapists take no issue with the main aim of the legislation, which is to prevent patients from being blindsided by bills, usually for treatment received from out...

The Biden administration on Thursday morning rolled out a strategy to stop the flow of guns, bolster law enforcement and increase funding for community policing ahead of President Biden’s visit to New York City to meet with Mayor Eric Adams. Senior administration officials said that the strategy builds on steps the president announced in June 2021, which were intended to stem the flow of fire...

SEOUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's telecommunications regulator wants better compliance plans from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google before finalising rules for a law banning app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, officials said on Thursday. South Korea passed the law, an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Act, last ye...

Opinion An unenforceable Kansas law criminalizes sex between gay people. Although a bill currently in committee would change that, some lawmakers still seem resistant. (Getty Images) State law makes it illegal to be gay in Kansas. That’s a moral outrage, and state legislators can fix the problem by immediately passing a bill in the House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Thankf...

The “secret weapon” that those in renewable energy have at their disposal is Moore’s Law, which states that computing power will more or less double every 18 to 24 months. Image via Shutterstock/Timofeev Vladimir Energy is the biggest and most valuable industry on earth. It is the only universal currency: to get anything done, energy in one of its many forms must be transformed. Energy is res...

The Turow lignite mine in Bogatynia, Poland. Poland was chided by an adviser to the European Union’s top court over its refusal to shut down a controversial lignite mine ahead of a reported deal with the Czech government, which sued to close down the facility near its border. “By extending the development consent for lignite mining in the Turow mine by six years without carrying out an enviro...

A driver hired from low-wage countries in Eastern Europe and the Philippines can be paid as little as 500 euros ($560) [Jofelle Tesorio/Al Jazeera] This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Amsterdam, Netherlands – Randy spent most of 2017 in his truck, zipping from one European border to another. His employer pushed him to disregard mandated rest times to keep on drivi...

Today, the Biden Administration is announcing additional actions to reduce gun crime and make communities safer. This plan builds on the steps the President has taken since the beginning of his Administration to stop the flow of guns being used in crimes, bolster federal, state, and local law enforcement, invest in community-based programs that prevent, interrupt, and reduce violence, expand ...