You have the legal right to trim branches overhanging your property line, but legal considerations don't end there. When you trim branches, you are inflicting wounds on a tree. Usually, no harm comes ...

In most cases, you can trim a neighbor's tree that hangs over your fence or crosses onto your property line. This is what to know before you start cutting.

From shared costs to spite fence laws, knowing your fencing rights can prevent neighbors from overstepping and keep your ...

The first affordability crisis I witnessed began in the late 1970s and crested in the early 1980s. As the oldest baby boomers turned 30 in 1976, demand for houses surged. Home sales skyrocketed. Home ...

I have been with my wife for 13 years. We have bought a house together, although the house is in my wife's name only. What ...

Despite the CTA, Streets and San, CDOT, and nearby businesses all being responsible for cleaning snow from Chicago bus stops, ...

As Gov. Mike Braun wraps up his first year as Indiana governor, he sat down with IndyStar to digest the most salient moments.

Building on contaminated sites can be a complicated process, but it doesn't have to be. Find out how the right legal and ...

The only domestic violence shelter in Missoula County, the YWCA strives to help survivors find housing and connect to other ...

Xcel Energy’s fight to overturn Elbert County’s denial of a permit for part of a $1.7 billion transmission project highlights a clash between two of Colorado’s high-wattage issues: the growing demand ...