By Mathew Paust, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--RICHMOND, Va.--A bill that would restrict how localities can regulate substandard rental properties has been modified to ease concerns of Williamsburg and Suffolk officials who feared it might have...
The discovery of extensive mold contamination in property throughout the United States has led to the introduction of legislation in various states in an effort to combat this problem. Representatives from California, Maryland, New York, and Texas have all introduced legislation that focuses on educating and protecting the public from...
Reins on political groups DENVER - So-called election education committees, which in recent years have been used to launch attack campaigns, will no longer be allowed to operate in secret under a bill passed by a Senate committee. Senate Bill 92, introduced by Sen. Norma...
On 12 September, the Senate approved a government ordinance reducing sanctions in the Penal Code for libel or for insulting a public official on duty. The ordinance has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies and provides jail sentences of b On 12 September, the...
The Senate approved a governmental ordinance on 27 August that extends by three months the deadline for submission of demands for the restitution of real estate seized by the former communist regime. The new deadline is 14 November. Greater Romania P The Senate approved a governmental...
On 12 September, the Senate approved a government ordinance reducing sanctions in the Penal Code for libel or for insulting a public official on duty. The ordinance has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies and provides jail sentences of betweeOn 12 September, the Senate approved a government ordinance...
Rising concern over immigration has prompted a wave of cities and states this year to try to make English the official language. A ballot measure is pending in Arizona. Related bills have passed houses of representatives in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Michigan; the state senates have not taken them up. At...
Rising concern over immigration has prompted a wave of cities and states this year to try to make English the official language. A ballot measure is pending in Arizona. Related bills have passed houses of representatives in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Michigan; the state senates have not taken them up. At...
The hullabaloo over the signs at Geno's Steaks has been fed by a perception that many immigrants don't want to, try to or have to speak English. That perception is so fierce and deep that elected officials at every level have reacted: The U.S. Senate voted last month...
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Despite opposition frompolice, media organizations and various organizations to an ill-advised ban on handguns and the sale of firearms and ammunition,Proposition H passed in San Francisco Tuesday, and today, the SecondAmendment Foundation SAF is joining in a lawsuit to challenge thismeasure in court....
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following wasreleased today by the Illinois State Rifle Association ISRA: In a move that is sure to anger downstate hunters and sportsmen,Gov. Rod Blagojevich has directed lobbyists for the IllinoisDepartment of Natural Resources to pressure legislators to voteagainst overriding Blagojevich's veto...
James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was governor of South Carolina and a U.S. senator. He was a radical proponent of the doctrine of states' rights. James Henry Hammond was born on Nov. 17, 1807, in the Newberry district of South Carolina. After graduating from South Carolina...
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Common sense hasprevailed over political correctness in Illinois," said Joe Waldron,executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keepand Bear Arms CCRKBA as the Illinois House of Representatives votedto override Gov. Rod Blagojevich's veto of an important self-defensemeasure today. The...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following wasreleased today by the Illinois State Rifle Association ISRA: Rep. William Delgado (D-Chicago) is one of a handful ofIllinoisans who believe that gun control is worth dying for. Delgadoproved that assertion today by using his power as chairman of...
MANITOU SPRINGS The Manitou Springs City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits the open carrying of firearms at City Hall, the public swimming pool and the public library. The 6-1 vote came over the objections of about a half-dozen gun rights activists and council member Nancy...
CHICAGO, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As legislation moves forward inSpringfield to write energy efficient building codes into state law,a municipal organization of 272 communities in the Chicago suburbs isurging its members to adopt similar guidelines before such arequirement clears the General Assembly. The "Energy Efficient Building Act" (SB...
James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was governor of South Carolina and a U.S. senator. He was a radical proponent of the doctrine of states' rights. James Henry Hammond was born on Nov. 17, 1807, in the Newberry district of South Carolina. After graduating from South Carolina...
Fed up with the dirty air, fouled water, and just plain stench caused by huge livestock operations, U.S. communities in eight states have enacted laws to keep them out. Now factory farms are fighting back. A bill passed in April by the Pennsylvania senate seeks to limit local governments' ability...
Supporters of expansion at O'Hare International Airport declared a victory last Tuesday when the U.S. House passed a bill that's considered crucial to the $6-billion project. The House voted 343-87 in favor of the bill, surpassing the required two-thirds majority. The measure now moves to the...
By Sheryl Jean, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--Conseco Finance has stopped making certain loans in Philadelphia after city officials recently passed an ordinance to curb what officials there claim are unfair lending practices. ...
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