Article Summary – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed the Michigan Family Protection Act into law, decriminalizing paid gestational surrogacy contracts and ending Michigan’s status as the only U.S. state where such contracts were illegal. The new law repeals a 1988 prohibition against paid surrogacy contracts, creating protections for surrogates,
Article Summary – Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that was attacked during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died at 102. After the attack, Conter went to flight school, flew 200 combat missions in the Pacific, and later became the Navy’s first SERE (Survival,
Article Summary – Josie Badger, co-chair of Pennsylvania’s Family Care Coalition, is advocating for paid family and medical leave legislation for the approximately one in four adults in Pennsylvania living with disabilities. Legislation is currently being considered to create a universal paid family and medical leave program for full- and
Article Summary – Virginia is applying for federal funds to implement its Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) which targets emissions reduction in various sectors. Local oil and gas companies have opposed this plan, asserting that it abandons Virginia’s commitment to expanding renewables and relying on lower-carbon energy sources like natural
