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Dated:March 14, 2022 By Brody Mullins and Ryan Tracy, the wall street journal UberTechnologies Inc., UBER -4.84% Lyft Inc. LYFT -4.99% and other companies that use independent contractors as drivers are launching a campaign to avoid Democratic efforts to classify their workers as …

By VANESSA G. SÁNCHEZ ANNAPOLIS –With the possibility that a conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court could nullify or dramatically limit women’s abortion rights, Democratic lawmakers have proposed laws in the General Assembly to create a bulwark against erosion. these rights in Maryland and to expand access to the …

Background: The Equality Act and the rise in attacks on trans youth across the country The HRC last week launched the Reality Flag Campaign, a nationwide public awareness campaign aimed at highlighting the many fundamental freedoms that LGBTQ+ people lack in states across the country and galvanizing public support for …

The NSA will have its biggest impact on plans that incorporate a network of providers and use a design with separate, often higher, deductibles and coinsurance for out-of-network providers. Over the past year, the focus has been on rising health care costs and the implementation of federal legislation designed to …

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — First District Congresswoman Tracey Mann joined 90 other representatives to introduce the Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act, a bill that would make the tax cuts law permanent and (TCJA) of 2017 signed into law by President Trump. The TCJA included historic tax cuts for American families …

Governor Kay Ivey and legislative leaders on Thursday hailed lawmakers’ show of bipartisanship as they approved a $772 million bill allocating funding for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). House Bill 1, sponsored by State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), which was the lower house’s companion legislation to State Senate Bill …

Despite Most Anti-Transgender Legislative Season in History, Record Number of States Rank in Top Tier WASHINGTON—Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, and the Equality Federation Institute published its 8th annual edition State Equality …

Anti-abortion group Created Equal is holding a protest at the University of Cincinnati on Thursday, September 16, 2021 drawing a crowd of onlookers, advocates and critics. Stephanie Scarbrough | director of photography In August, Texas passed a law that launched an attack on reproductive rights across the country. Now, a …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today announced their legislation to end surprise medical bills has come into force. Cassidy and Hassan successfully enacted the No Surprises Act as part of the December 2020 government funding bill, which required the Department of Health and …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today announced their legislation to end surprise medical bills has come into effect. Cassidy and Hassan enacted the No Surprises Law as part of the December 2020 government funding bill, which required the Department of Health and Human …

Representatives Joe Neguse, from the 2nd Congressional District of Colorado, and Doug Lamborn, from the 5th Congressional District, co-sponsor the Helping to Liberate Veterans Benefits and Services Act, 2021, or the HUBS for Veterans Act Act of 2021. the Invoice would help support local “network hubs”, which would allow veterans …

LONG BEACH – In a tweet early Friday morning, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia announced he would run for the Congressional seat currently held by Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA47), who yesterday announced he was withdrawing from Congress. Hi everyone, I am running for Congress. My mother brought me to this …

By Erik Gunn, Examiner from Wisconsin December 16, 2021 Armed with new legal advice that Wisconsin law does not explicitly prevent UW Health from negotiating with employee unions, nurses who work for the hospital system are stepping up their campaign to restore union representation. Find out what’s happening in Across …

With Alice Miranda Ollstein Editor’s Note: POLITICO Pulse is a free version of the POLITICO Pro Health Care morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers every morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the …

Announcement from the Office of Representative Marilyn Strickland. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a leader of the Pro-Choice Caucus, led the introduction of the Expanded Access to Fertility Care Act for Military Members and Dependents, which would expand TRICARE coverage to make Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services available to all active …

Representative Andy Harris, R-Md., Is seen in this May 2, 2020 file photo (CNS Photo / Tom Brenner, Reuters) By Catholic News Service • Posted on November 30, 2021 WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. Representative Andy Harris, R-Md., Urged Congress to pass the Conscience Protection Act. It would amend the Public …

On November 26, 2021, the Government of Canada presented Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labor Code (the “Project”) for first reading. The bill proposes certain modifications to the Canada Labor Code (the “Code”) which will be of considerable importance to federally regulated workplaces, …

Shilpa (name changed) found out she was pregnant when she was 21. She had just enrolled in a college in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. Distraught and alone in a big city, she took an auto-rickshaw to the nearest hospital and got an appointment with a gynecologist. Braving critical …

Several weeks ago, I walked around the Coal Creek Miners Museum in Rocky Top, Tennessee, where I was treated to an incredible talk by Boomer Winfrey. A geologist, former journalist and activist here in the Appalachians, Winfrey spoke of the Coal Creek War of 1891-1892 in which local miners clashed …

The memo submitted by the group of 18 lawyers, academics and other professionals on the Ghanaian Human Sexual Rights and Family Values ​​Bill 2021 currently before Parliament continues to generate controversy and mixed reactions. Members of the pro LGBTQI + advocacy coalition led by Mr. Akoto Ampaw make the following …

Illinois lawmakers faced a number of big votes this week, but as the fall legislative session wrapped up on Thursday, a number of big proposals were sent to Gov. Pritzker’s office. Here’s a look at some of the plans awaiting the governor’s signature: New maps of congressional districts Illinois Democrats …

Long-standing and unacceptable health disparities have kept too many people from receiving quality health care for too long – and today we know that racial disparities in maternal health disproportionately impact black women. in the USA. It’s a matter of life and death, and now is the time to come …

Democrat Terry McAuliffe will face Republican Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia gubernatorial election on November 2. Polls show McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018, is neck and neck with Youngkin, former CEO of global investment firm The Carlyle Group. Outgoing Governor Ralph Northam is not eligible to …

CHICAGO (CBS / AP) – Illinois state lawmakers have approved legislation to repeal a 1995 law requiring parents or guardians to be notified when their child requests an abortion, sending the measure to Governor JB Pritzker, who has expressed support . By a 62-51 vote late Wednesday night, the House …

By Tessa Redmond FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Rep. Nancy Tate, R-Brandenburg, said abortion is “one of the realities we need to address in our Commonwealth of Kentucky” during her presentation of a bill pro-life omnibus in front of a legislative panel Wednesday. The Interim Joint Committee on Veterans Affairs, Military …

“My colleagues in the Senate must immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to protect the basic right to access abortion, regardless of zip code or a person’s income. We must not go back. The time to act is now. “ -Representing. Carolyn B. Maloney Representative Carolyn Maloney stands with …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Alarmed and at the same time energized by a Texas law that bans most abortions, abortion rights advocates in the General Assembly are targeting what people on both sides of the contentious issue see as the latest restriction access to abortion in Illinois. Democrats in the House …

Since the 1970s, growth in “real wages” (the value of dollars paid to employees after adjusting for inflation) in the United States has slowed relative to overall economic productivity. It is no coincidence that during this same period there has been an ever increasing amount of federal and state laws …

By Miriam Raftery October 1, 2021 (San Diego) – Following restrictive laws and fears the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade, a March for reproductive rights will be held on Saturday, October 2 at 10 a.m. at Waterfront Park in San Diego. The march is one of 500 marches …

Rep. Terri Sewell and Mo Brooks are once again across the aisle when it comes to voting on congressional legislation. Rep. Sewell voted in favor of adopting HR 3755 on Women’s Health Protection Act (TAGS), legislation that aims to ensure equal access to reproductive services for women across the country. …

Since the 1970s, growth in “real wages” (the value of dollars paid to employees after adjusting for inflation) in the United States has slowed relative to overall economic productivity. It is no coincidence that during this same period there has been an ever increasing amount of federal and state legislation …