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Morning Docket: 01.26.22

* Making man a better friend: a recent Texas law aims to protect dogs left out in the cold. And the hot. [Fox] * Transparency each day keeps the bankruptcy away: a new bill will prevent surprise charges on medical bills. [Kare11] * Connecticut's Supreme Court recently ruled that women only gyms break discrimination laws. The jury is out if it is okay for the women that would have attended the women's only gym to yell "You lift like a girl!" at men doing deadlifts at Planet Fitness. [AP] * Arizona makes $1.2b in revenue from its first year of legal weed sales. That's a lot of iced tea! [NY Post] * Soon, it may be legal to make homemade hard liquor in this state. West Virginia...Bootleg mama... [WBOY]

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