Imagine meticulously tending to your garden each year, for 17 years, and then having a city official knock on your door and demand you uproot all your plants – or face a $50-a-day fine. That is exactly what happened to ...
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Property owners in Minnesota are challenging a first-of-its-kind ordinance restricting rental properties in the city of Winona. The city, which is home to Winona State University, passed the ordinance in 2006 capping the number of rental properties on any block ...
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It is possible to fight the Internal Revenue Service and win, as several business owners have learned. The agency has decided to return more than $200,000 it had seized from three business owners in Michigan because of a federal judge’s ...
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An Oregon raw milk farmer who was fined for posting raw milk prices online is suing the state. Last year Christine Anderson made the mistake of listing the price she charges for raw milk on her website. Even though it ...
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A city government in Florida has used a zoning ordinance to force a couple to remove their organic vegetable garden – one that they’ve had for 17 years. Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom Carroll had to tear out the ...
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