A movement to call a constitutional convention and tweak America’s founding document in order to limit the federal government appears to be gaining momentum among conservatives. Approximately 100 legislators from a total of 32 states recently converged at George Washington’s ...
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Obamacare Rules Could Close Thousands Of Fire Departments
Volunteer fire departments around the country could face closure if forced to purchase health insurance through Obamacare for their firefighters. That’s because the Affordable Care Act considers volunteer firefighters who work more than 30 hours a week municipal employees — ...
Read More »US Cities And Towns Threatening To Seize Homes If Payments Not Made
Las Vegas government officials may be expanding their leadership roles to include the real estate business. The city of North Las Vegas is among several cities who are debating the idea of using eminent domain to seize foreclosed homes – ...
Read More »San Francisco Gives Gunowners 90 Days To Turn In Magazines
California Governor Jerry Brown may have vetoed a statewide ban on so-called assault rifles, but San Francisco officials have enacted a similar version of the bill locally – and the NRA is fighting back. The city has a history of ...
Read More »Landmark Suit Tells Feds: State Gun Laws Are None Of Your Business
Montana gunmakers want the federal government to “butt out” of gun sales which take place within the state, and they’ve sued the US Justice Department in an attempt to do just that. The lawsuit filed by the Montana Shooting Sports ...
Read More »Economist Warns US Dollar Will Implode ‘In My Lifetime’
Economic collapse could be just around the corner, according to Casey Research Chief Economist Bud Conrad, who predicts the collapse of the dollar during his lifetime. Conrad made the comments in a Future Money Trends story that details the destabilization ...
Read More »Insurance Execs Worry About Pandemics, Food Shortage & Cyber Attacks
Cyber warfare is one of the top five concerns for the insurance industry, according to a new Towers Watson survey of insurance executives around the world who consider attacks on essential computers among the extreme risks they worry about which ...
Read More »Veteran Arrested For ‘Rudely Displaying’ Legal Rifle Found Guilty
Texas veteran C.J. Grisham, arrested earlier this year for legally open carrying his rifle while hiking with his son, has been found guilty of interfering with police duties, although he will not receive any jail time. A video taken during ...
Read More »EPA Control Over Private Streams And Creeks Listed As White House Priority
Proposed EPA regulations could soon impact how you use streams on your own land. The controversial Environmental Protection Agency proposals, previously reported by Off The Grid News, were listed as priorities on the White House’s 2013 fall regulatory agenda released ...
Read More »Homeschool Family Facing Deportation Gets Glimmer Of Hope
A homeschool family facing deportation to Germany – where homeschooling is illegal — has received a sliver of hope from the US Supreme Court. The high court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to issue a response to the Home ...
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