Highway safety bill threatens suspension penalties and licenses
The State House committee advances a bill that would let drivers with suspended licenses buy a restricted license for as little as $5, potentially undermining driver education and suspension penalties. Opponents warn it risks safety by removing meaningful consequences and could create a new commission to manage non-suspension suspensions. The measure, seen as pro-trucker, faces early March votes amid election-year lobbying.
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Flood Insurance Expansion Increases Coverage And Communities
As of January 31 316000 policies provide 55.5 billion in coverage. Flood prone areas spurred by 1972 floods led to 2275 qualified communities by May 31 1973, now over 3000. Legislation signed December 31 1973 raises limits up to 35000 for homes, 100000 for multi family and small business, with premiums of 25 cents per 100 for residential and 40 cents for nonresidential. Contents insured up to 10000 in residential buildings and 100000 in nonresidential. HUD must identify floodprone areas by July 1. Communities identified must participate and enact flood ordinances.
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New York
Rapid City
Black Hills
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon uses diehard conservatives to shield him from impeachment
Reports say Nixon targets 34 to 39 conservative senators to block removal. He tailors policy to appease them while fighting impeachment with strategic public appearances and pressure on Capitol Hill. Food prices rise for shoppers as producers and retailers profit, with FTC probes into profiteering and no cohesive anti-gouging policy.
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White House
Senate
Legal Ills Highlight Erie Case of 11-Year Delay
A Corry man sued a hospital and multiple doctors after a 1963 back operation went wrong. The 1965 suit dragged through endless attorney reshuffles and delays until it settled out of court last week. The patient still suffers back trouble, and the piece frames the saga as a miscarriage of justice amid legal dysfunction.
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John Dean
U.S. News and World Report
Erie County
Erie
Neighbor encroachment on brick fireplace triggers trespass rights
In a reader Q A the guidance notes that if a fireplace extends onto a neighbor s land the neighbor may demand its removal as trespass. If the structure sits on the border consider offering nominal compensation. otherwise relocate it to avoid legal action. A separate estate tax query explains marital deduction allows up to 50 percent of the adjusted gross estate to pass tax free to a surviving spouse with rates rising from 3 percent to 77 percent for large estates.
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