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‘Not Wanted’: Black Applicants Turned Down for Trump Housing Speak Out

In 1973, New York City school teacher Annette Gandy Fortt was looking for a decent place to live. A listing for an apartment in a building owned by Donald Trump’s father, Fred, caught her eye — but she says the super told her there were no units available. “I was black,” Fortt said recently.


Lawsuit Alleges City ‘targeted’ Prominent Property Owners

Last week, the city of Mobile succeeded in preventing a jury trial in a lawsuit accusing the Mobile Historic Development Commission of selectively targeting business owners with violations for years while routinely ignoring violations committed by its own staff and board members. In 2012, the city initially brought a lawsuit against Walker Brothers Investments LLC after it was determined the …


Judge Extinguishes Lawsuit Against Owls Head Fire Department

A state judge has sided with the town in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a commercial garage who claimed his building was destroyed by fire in 2013 because of the Fire Department’s inadequate response. Justice William Stokes in a ruling issued Thursday stated that the town, its volunteer Fire Department and Chief Frank Ross have immunity from the lawsuit filed in February …


First Lawsuit Filed Over Leaning Tower of SF

The result is a “diminution in value” of all the units in the building at 301 Mission St., said the lead law firm in the case, Foreman and Brasso of San Francisco. The lawsuit was filed eight days after we revealed that the Millennium Tower has sunk 16 inches and has tilted at the base by at least two inches. A geotechnical engnineer hired by the condo tower’s homeowners association …


DNR Wins Lawsuit Over Rail Expansion Process in La Crosse

A circuit court judge ruled in favor of the state Department of Natural Resources in a lawsuit over the expansion of railroads in La Crosse. Citizens activists filed the lawsuit in March 2015 claiming DNR officials didn’t fully evaluate the environmental impacts of adding a second railroad track through the La Crosse River marsh. But La Crosse Circuit Judge Scott Horne found that DNR officials …