This is the fifth column in a series about avoiding probate, prompted by a challenge from a reader who believes that lawyer “estate chasers” are the new “ambulance chasers”.

For Ocean City residents and property owners in some neighborhood districts, the fight over an extended rental moratorium ...

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A farmer eager to retire had his plans thwarted by neighbors who opposed Google's data center. But debate over the farmland's ...

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is already partnered with companies including Disney, Apple, Netflix and ...

Her plea was one of dozens heard Thursday inside Shreveport’s environmental courtroom, where compassion, frustration and ...

Oregon has one of the most complex sets of zoning and land use laws in the nation. Portland could use that as a weapon ...

A 20-year-old Stow man is facing felony charges of receiving stolen property and carrying a concealed weapon after he was ...

Deputies are kicking residents out of a nearly fully demolished mobile home park in Sweetwater, months after they were ...

Portland, Ore., is well known for its dense laws on land use. Now, under pressure from its liberal residents, the city is ...

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan ...