For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it's becoming a lot harder to survive ...

Mayor Robert Restaino has unveiled a proposed 2026 city budget of $103,554,690 that would see a 1% increase in property taxes. The spending plan is just under $2 million more than the 2025 budget. In ...

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Property disputes are a fact of life in commercial real estate, but they don’t always have to end up in court. From lease ...

One of the biggest decisions you have when becoming a new landlord is setting the correct rental price. If you set it at an ...

When Texans head to the polls in November, they’ll find a slate of pro-taxpayer constitutional amendments designed to keep ...

Sebastopol officials are weighing an emergency ordinance to strengthen eviction protections after dozens of low-income residents at a farmworker housing complex were told to leave, exposing gaps ...

A Stuart city commissioner accused him of telling Code Enforcement to toss political signs on public and private property during the last election.