More emergency rooms open away from hospitals

From USA TODAY ( http://www.usatoday.com) 
GERMANTOWN Md . This commuter suburb near Washington, D.C., boasts new homes, shopping centers, plenty of traffic — and a state-of the-art 21-room emergency department tucked into an office complex. 
Unlike most emergency departments, however, there are no patients awaiting transfer upstairs to a medical ward, because there is no medical ward. 
The nearest hospital [...]

Study: Lawsuit reform has helped local economy

From The Monitor (Texas):
Limits on lawsuit damages since 1995 have helped pump $1.53 billion into the local economy and created nearly 8,000 new jobs, according to a study commissioned by a legal reform group.
Savings from reduced damages awarded by juries and fewer lawsuits filed against large businesses since the mid-‘90s has created a climate in [...]