Some places are getting tough on harassment in the schoolyard.

Offensiveness, like beauty, is generally in the eye of the beholder. At least that's what the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles is discoverning in its effort to banish bad taste from vanity license plates.

If you're planning to run for office as a write-in, you might want to be sure your surname is Jones--or Bush or even Gore. John D. Schmidt of Hays County, Texas, found that out the hard way.

With the economy weakening, will the bottom drop out of the real estate market--and property-tax collections--again?

Even in the era of the New Economy, a successful economic development strategy still depends on plain ol' infrastructure.