California Wants to Fine You $500 for Washing Your Car With a Garden Hose
Proposed water restrictions will do little to solve the state's water woes.
Proposed water restrictions will do little to solve the state's water woes.
A municipal scheme with a private prosecution firm leads to outrageous fines in the California desert.
That's one out of every six licensed drivers in the state.
An already awful practice of trying to use code violations as a revenue stream gets truly grotesque.
No one is pettier than government.
A couple of busted windows can result in a bill for thousands-even tens of thousands-of dollars.
But they're not excessive, she says.
Civil liberties groups say suspending drivers' licenses for unpaid court fines traps poor people in debt spiral. A federal judge appears to agree.
Occupational licensing runs amok in a familiar story.
Classic protection racket enforced by city fines.
The latest setback for one of the most corrupt citation systems in the country
It's happening in California, where the case goes to penalty trial in August, if the Trump administration doesn't stop it before then.
In Miami's war on Airbnb, speaking up can make you a target. City manager says residents who spoke at hearing are now "on notice."
City commissioner frets that Airbnb users aren't paying "the tourist development tax" and other special taxes targeting visitors.
Hundreds of thousands of Virginians have suspended licenses for unpaid court fines, according to a class-action lawsuit.
Group says Santa Fe tosses misdemeanor violators in jail if they can't pay-and starves them, too.
Florida Man arrested, sent to jail over a container attached to his bicycle.
A pair of orchestrated hit pieces from media outlets has spurred the city to hand out massive fines.
More than 900,000 people in Virginia have suspended licenses, in what a new class-action lawsuit claims is an unconstitutional revenue scheme.
Virginia accused of having a "debtors prison" of its own
Rand Paul gives Black Lives Matter policy agenda a substantive voice on the debate stage
Deal in the works with the Department of Justice.
Tickets for not having curtains or screen doors used to fund government.
Increasing automation limits the ability of authorities to profit off human error.
City increases fine for cursing in public.
You know who else has a judicial system that is hard to fight and extracts money from citizens?
Tucked behind the skeletal remains of a melted windshield wiper...
Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization
The fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown and its aftermath have once again brought the national spotlight on race relations.
How the state's desire to manage our movement harms the poor