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All Americans are protected as of Jan. 1 from unexpected out-of-network medical bills, thanks to the implementation of legislation to ban surprise medical billing, but many lawmakers want the Biden administration to make more changes to line up with what they argue was Congress’ intent in crafting the law. “At this point, it’s another principle involved. Can you just really totally reject tha...

A draft of a new cryptocurrency asset law was introduced in Peru in December, seeking to regulate the cryptocurrency interactions that are already happening in the country. The draft law, besides defining what a crypto asset is and establishing the duties of virtual asset service providers (VASPs), also seeks to legalize the use of assets to incorporate and be held by companies. Peru Launches...

Maryland candidate for governor John B. King has tapped Michelle Siri, the executive director of the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, to run for lieutenant governor together on a ticket later this year. King, a Democrat who served as education secretary during former President Barack Obama’s second term, said Siri’s “deep dedication to public service and our shared commitment to justice, commu...

Credit...Levi Brown/Trunk Archive The killing of George Floyd and the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests that followed drove an exceptionally large increase in foundation grants and pledges to criminal and racial justice reform groups and other causes, ranging from the United Negro College Fund to the Center for Antiracist Research and from the National Museum of African American History ...

In a hot real estate market, where buyers literally and figuratively are lining up to make offers on a property, some prospective buyers choose to add a personal touch to their offer by submitting what's commonly known as a "love letter" to the seller. These letters typically describe what a prospective buyer loves about the home and frequently emphasize perceived commonalities between the se...

WASHINGTON — One year after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Congress is eying new laws to prevent future attempts to subvert democracy, with the goal of passing legislation this year. The House committee investigating the riot is considering "enhanced penalties" for presidential dereliction of duty, as Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., says it has evidence that former President Donald Tru...

Sgt. Kit Rosenberger and officer Tierra Wessel of the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife haul one of the new rafts recently donated to WDFW teams by the Wild Steelhead Coalition, the Wild Salmon Center and Wild Steelheaders United (Trout Unlimited). Photo by Ed Sozinho/for Wild Steelhead Coalition Thanks to a collaboration of Washington state fishing advocates, local wildlife law en...

Right-wing parties mulling full boycott of Knesset after what Netanyahu calls a "farce." Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yells and points at members of the opposition after the electricity bill is passed, January 2022 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's governing coalition succeeded on Wednesday in passing into law the controversial electricity bill, which would...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed a bill that allows schools to pull from administrative staff to address the substitute teacher shortage. The new law temporarily allows trusted staff members such as secretaries, paraprofessionals and others to work as substitute teachers until the end of the current school year, according to a news release from the governor’s office. Local sup...

Sign advertises catalytic converter purchase. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state lawmakers are set to convene next week at the state Capitol in Olympia for a new legislative session and one of the bills set to come up is a proposal to undercut the thriving marketplace for stolen catalytic converters. State Sen. Jeff Wilson introduced the bill, saying he is targeting unscrupulous scrap metal de...