federal law making most surprise medical bills illegal. the new consumer protection measure bans nearly all emergency medical services from charging patients extra for unknowingly receiving treatment outside their insurer s network. other notable state laws california becomes the first to require a $15 an hour minimum wage for companies with more than 25 employees. and recreational marijuana becomes legal in montana for adults over 21. and tonight, the new york year s day powerball jackpot is a whopper, growing to $500 million after there s been no winning ticket going all the way back to early october when a lottery ticket owner in california won nearly $700 million. when we come back, the outpouring of support for a fire department decimated in the deadly tornado outbreak in kentucky. me of us were born for. to protect people.