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Nebraska man gets his home back after home equity theft

January 10, 2025 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN

The government took his home in 2018 over a $588 property tax debt. But a few days before Christmas 2024, Kevin Fair, an ailing Nebraska widower, found out he was getting back the title to his home.   Now a GoFundMe has raised over $16,000 so Kevin, who recently had a stroke, can build a ramp for his home, make some other repairs, and meet upco ...

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Victory! Court rules against the California Coastal Commission in San Luis Obispo

January 09, 2025 | By NICOLE W.C. YEATMAN

There are legal victories, and then there are legal victories—court rulings so decisive, so sharply written, that they can only be considered a judicial knockout.  Case in point: Al Hadian and Ralph Bookout's New Year's Eve victory against the California Coastal Commission.  The (brief) backstory  Al and Ralph sued the Commission in 2022 ...

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Civil Beat : The Jones Act Is Sinking The Economies Of Alaska And Hawaii

January 02, 2025 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

The Jones Act is a demonstrably bad policy, strangling the economy, driving up costs for ordinary citizens and crippling local businesses in Alaska and Hawaii. Why, then, does it continue to exist? Because protecting a few powerful players from competition moves legislators more than economic freedom. And because lawsuits challenging the Act hav ...