Public Utilities

Cutting Off Water For Traffic Violators And Other Bizzare Ways Towns Are Coping With Budget Woes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: New Mexico, Budget Cuts, Las Cruces, Budget, New Hampshire, Detroit, ABC News, Public Utilities, Department of Transportation, Traffic Fines, Business News

In one New Mexico town you won’t just be in hot water for not paying your traffic fines, you won’t have any water at all. Traffic violators in...

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You Can See It in the Faces

Saul Segan | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: US Courts, Philadelphia, Public Utilities, Law, Courts, Lawyers, Government, Legal Education, Community Legal Education, Living, Impact News
Saul Segan

The practice of law is an absolute honor and a privilege. When anyone is fortunate enough to be able to earn their livelihood by helping others to improve their lives and relieve their stresses, care should be taken to launch gratitude as a prime emotion.

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Highland Park Goes Dark -- Is Detroit Next?

AP | By COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Detroit Lights, Detroit, Detroit City Lights, Lighting, Highland Park City Lights, Highland Park, Public Utilities, City Lights, Highland Park Lights, Detroit News

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. -- As the sun dips below the rooftops each evening, parts of this Detroit enclave turn to pitch black, the only illumination comi...

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Storms Wipe Out Utilities, States Rethinking Budgets

Wall Street Journal | REBECCA SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Storms, State Budgets, Utilities, State Maintenance Budgets, Public Utilities, Business News

A winter storm that knocked out power to more than 1.3 million homes and businesses from Arkansas to Ohio is likely to increase state inquiries into u...

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