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Buy Now Monty Veazey File Photo ATLANTA -- After years of nibbling around the edges of regulations governing how Georgia hospitals operate, the General Assembly may decide to scrap the certificate of need (CON) law altogether. A state House committee approved legislation late last week that would repeal CON by 2025. It could hit the House floor on Tuesday, the Crossover Day deadline ...

This shows the House vote on HB 761, but after the tally was closed, Rep. James Ruchti, D-Pocatello, asked unanimous consent to change his vote from "yes" to "no," so the final tally was 47-21 Names in green are "yes" votes, those in red are "no" votes, and those in white missed the vote. The House has voted 47-21 in favor of the latest version of Rep. Dorothy Moon’s sweeping proposal to alte...

Credit: Pixabay With the electoral victory of Yoon Suk-yeol, executive power in South Korea will pass from one ideological wing to the other for the fourth time since democratization. By now, we know what such a transition forebodes for peninsular affairs: engagement toward North Korea is “out,” more muscular cooperation with the United States and Japan is “in.” For those concerned with promo...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A couple is advocating for the Texas legislature to fix a surprise medical billing loophole during its next session. After their newborn daughter was transported by ambulance to the hospital after she stopped breathing, the Taylor family received a bill for about $1,500, KBTX reported. Cornelius Taylor told KBTX as an employee of a local school district, he has “prett...

Sue Errington (D-Muncie) and co-authors have introduced the bill each year since 2019. Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation into law that expands the definition of rape in Indiana to include the element of consent. Several lawmakers spent years trying to widen the crime’s definition in state law. Under the long-standing state definition of rape, an assault has to include threat or force, seri...

Critical race theory (MGN) JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced Monday that he’s signed a bill aimed at eliminating critical race theory in schools. Senate Bill 2113 was passed with the goal of eliminating the teaching of critical race theory in any public institution in the state. Senator Michael McLendon introduced the bill. He says it was needed to ensure no c...

“I have never been more embarrassed in my entire life. I felt like crying in that moment,” said Brooklyn Crockton. A law student at Roger Williams University says she forgives the courtroom sheriff who she said delayed her from entering a courtroom with other attorneys because he thought she was a defendant. As reported by WPRI, Brooklyn Crockton says a white sheriff blocked her from entering...

AGO allocating over $177,000 from Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grant for cold storage units OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that his office will provide 53 local law enforcement agencies across the state with funding for refrigeration units to store evidence from sexual assault investigations. Ferguson is providing the new units as part of his Sexual Assault Kit Initi...

Introduction of filing fees in concentration notifications and transposition of the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law On March 7, 2022, changes to both the Belgian Code of Economic Law (CEL) as well as the Belgian Criminal Code (BCC) were published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Belgisch Staatsblad, Moniteur belge). The main changes include: Introducing a filing fee in notifications of conce...

Georgia House Majority Whip Matt Hatchett ATLANTA – After years of nibbling around the edges of regulations governing how Georgia hospitals operate, the General Assembly may decide to scrap the Certificate of Need (CON) law altogether. A state House committee approved legislation late last week that would repeal CON by 2025. It could hit the House floor on Tuesday, the Crossover Day deadline ...