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The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the funding model Greenville used for its now-discontinued red-light camera enforcement program. The 5-1 decision Thursday reversed an earlier ruling from the state Appeals Court.

Wyomingites had reacted negatively to the proposed national USPS plans, fearing slower service.

Maria Bamford has been named by comedy giants like Judd Apatow and Stephen Colbert as their favourite comic.

The Florida Legislature on Feb. 28, 2024, passed Senate Bill 328, which amends the Live Local Act (Amended Act). It becomes effective upon becoming law (except as otherwise provided)....

Florida lawmakers are currently revisiting and revising the Live Local Act (the "Act"), Fla. Stat. §§ 125.01055, 166.04151 (2023)...

Yesterday, the Florida Senate on the opening day of legislative session unanimously passed by a vote of 40 to 0, Senate Bill 328 also known as the “Live Local Act 2024”. SB328 is in...

As expected, within days of the opening day of the 2024 Legislative Session came two proposed “clarification glitch” bills containing several proposed amendments to the Live Local Act. ...

Three years after local voters roundly rejected a bid by Bal Harbour Shops to expand by building upwards, the luxury mall’s owners are turning the tables on their nay-saying neighbors. They now plan to put up a tower billed as workforce housing alongside its posh designer shops by using Florida’s controversial new Live Local Act to get around objections by voters and elected officials.

From the elaborate bits that had us cackling, like ‘Pump Up the Jam’ on ‘Cunk on Earth,’ to the little line deliveries that tickled us, like Nadja saying ‘mall’ on ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ here are 78 of our favorite comedy moments of 2023.

When the calendar year finally ends, we’ll have seen several hundred new stand-up comedy specials in 2023 (at least 700 counting hours and half-hours). So...