The U.S. Department of Justice secured a $162,500 settlement for a man living with paraplegia who was discriminated against ...

This week's featured article is "How the Fair Housing Act Gave Us Emotional Support Parrots" by Christian Britschgi. This ...

Reform the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) – Homebuyers in Toronto now pay over $36,000 in LTT on an average-priced home. TRREB is calling for an increase in the first-time homebuyer rebate and for both the ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senators Rand Paul, R-KY, and Cory Booker, D-NJ, introduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration, or FAIR, Act to reform civil forfeiture laws and protect ...

though the developer said they plan to use it for senior housing. The largest parcel of the four includes an existing parking lot and two buildings that “formerly housed ACT’s operations.” ...

Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on ...

The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans to approve it. The bill, which was amended in the Senate last week, will be sent back for another ...

The legislation, known as the Laken Riley Act and named for a 22-year-old woman who was murdered last year while jogging at the University of Georgia, would allow for stricter punishments of ...

Peter Romer-Friedman, founder of one of the law firms that filed the complaints, said the measure was drafted to “fill the gap” of the Fair Housing Act, a federal law that doesn’t protect ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share A sting operation found that real estate professionals often declined to rent Chicago-area properties to investigators posing as low-income families, a watchdog ...

As a testament to its political salience, the newly GOP-led Congress last week moved forward as its top priority the Laken Riley Act. Riley was a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year.