Nearly a third of Arizona’s population lives inside a homeowners association (HOA), according to the Foundation for Community Association Research. Getting records out of one is harder than it should be. These are the records an Arizona HOA has to share with any homeowner who asks. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Records-request…
Virginia Tech’s Southwest Virginia Language Project spent this year studying how Virginians say one word—Appalachia—using recordings a podcast called Appodlachia collected from listeners across 13 states. The split follows the mountains. These are the things Virginians say that place them east or west of the Blue Ridge. 1. Poke In Virginia’s westernmost counties, beyond the…
The Nevada Division of Water Resources caps every domestic well in the state at two acre-feet of water a year, about 651,700 gallons. If you go over that cap or skip the paperwork for your well, the state has legal ways to stop you from pumping. These are the rural water rules that catch Nevada…
Before you picture what you’d do with a piece of Wyoming land, picture yourself trying to reach it. It’s a less exciting part of the daydream, but one that matters. A beautiful parcel can look full of possibilities until you start asking questions about the way in. These are the access rules that decide whether…
South Carolina rewrote its golf cart law in 2025, and the fine print still caps a permitted cart’s trip on a public street at four miles from home. Not everyone knows that. These are the South Carolina golf cart rules some South Carolinians break in their own neighborhood. Note: This is general information, not legal…
Michigan’s State Tax Commission certified the state’s inflation rate multiplier for 2026 at just 2.7%, the ceiling Proposal A puts on how fast a home’s capped taxable value can rise this year. That cap has a lot of holes. These are the things that reset a Michigan property’s tax bill without a sale. Note: This…
Under Illinois’ criminal code, cutting the padlock on a dumpster is a separate crime from trespassing. That catches many people off guard. These are the Illinois dumpster-diving rules that turn trash hunting into a costly mistake. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Trespassing, theft, and littering laws vary by location and are subject…
Under Illinois’ criminal code, cutting the padlock on a dumpster is a separate crime from trespassing. That catches many people off guard. These are the Illinois dumpster-diving rules that turn trash hunting into a costly mistake. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Trespassing, theft, and littering laws vary by location and are subject…
South Carolina built more than 70 textile mills between 1895 and 1903 alone, and nearly every one of them came with a company-built village wrapped around it. Many of those mills went dark decades ago, closed out by cheaper overseas labor through the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. The villages didn’t always disappear with them. These…
Kentucky’s highway encroachment law lets the state fine anyone who leaves an unauthorized structure in a road’s right-of-way up to $2,000. A homemade cross planted in the grass past the shoulder counts, and Kentucky runs no official program to register a memorial there. These are the roadside memorial rules Kentucky families find out about too…
