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MADISON, Wis. Governor Tony Evers is extending the “Safer at Home” order until at least May 26. The original order was supposed to expire on Friday, April 24.

Boating, jet-skiing banned under Michigan stay-at-home order; kayaking allowedMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended the state's stay-at-home order on Thursday, and using a motorboat, jet ski or other similar watercraft is not allowed. The state clarified the order in a FAQ section, asking if boating constituted an outdoor activity.While physical outdoor activity is allowed, like kayaking, canoeing and sailing, "using a motorboat, a jet ski, or other similar watercraft is not. Any outdoor activity permitted under the order, including boating, must be done in a manner consistent with social distancing, and individuals should use only their own equipment to prevent the...

You know, of course, you have to stay six feet away from others. And you know by now whether your job is considered essential enough for you to continue going to work. But the revised emergency health order issued last week by Sacramento County to halt the spread of the coronavirus includes a long list of lesser-known but critical do and don’t-do directives you should be aware of. Here are 16 of them, including the importance of taking care of pets and the value of taking your temperature: (The order lasts until end of the day on May 1, unless...

Pressure has been building on the insurance industry to reimburse companies big and small for their losses after a proposal began circulating in Congress that would treat the COVID-19 pandemic like an act of terrorism for insurance purposes. The Pandemic Risk Insurance Act would require insurers to cover business losses resulting from pandemics. The federal government would serve as a backstop for insurance companies. Some are arguing that the coverage should be offered to companies retroactively as a solution to the massive losses hitting nearly all sectors of the economy during the outbreak. “If they don’t do this, we’re in...

Encinitas is just the kind of place Gavin Newsom might want to sue. A local voter-approved initiative from 2013 makes planning for affordable homes nearly impossible, preventing the wealthy city of 60,000 from complying with a state law that requires local governments to build more housing. The city has already spent $3.5 million in the last few years fighting a pair of housing-related lawsuits. The bill could climb if Newsom follows through on a threat to hold local governments accountable to the state housing law.

If the governor has his way, New Yorkers won't use plastic bags anymore. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a ban on plastic bags as part of this year's executive budget. The effort is to combat litter because plastic bags do not biodegrade. Cuomo said Sunday that the ban will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastic bag production and disposal - from the petroleum used to produce the bags to emissions from their transportation to landfills. The governor said that reusable bags and exemptions will be applied "where appropriate."

First they came for the plastic bags, then plastic straws. Now California progressives want to ban paper receipts. Like so many other liberal crusades, the fight against paper receipts is cronyism masquerading as green virtue. California’s good liberals see a green villain behind every corner. If something doesn’t kill sea turtles then it will likely give you cancer. The state banned single-use plastic bags in 2016, which was followed last year by a prohibition on plastic straws in restaurants. Warnings are required on products that regulators deem even remotely carcinogenic, from potato chips to aspirin. The latest scourge is paper...

An Oregon couple has been told they must destroy a 2-acre pond on their land — the property’s most attractive feature — because the government said so. Although Jon and Sabrina Carey purchased the 10-acre property near Butte Falls two and a half years ago, the pond has been in place for 40 years — but that fact doesn’t matter to the Jackson County Watermaster’s Office. “I basically bought a lemon,” said Jon, who became teary-eyed at the edge of the partially ice-covered body of water being targeted by government, in an interview with the Mail Tribune. “That’s how they...

Assistant Prosecutor Michael Taylor asked the court to send the case to trial, noting that Everidge admitted he went to Kentucky and picked up and brought back cans he knew could not be returned for money in Michigan. ... According to Michigan’s Beverage Containers Act, a person cannot return or attempt to return to a dealer a beverage container the person knows was not purchased in Michigan as a filled returnable container. Anyone attempting to return 10,000 or more nonreturnable containers can be found guilty of a felony that is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a...

Regulations: The economy might be tepid under President Obama, but there is one part that has been thriving. Since Obama took office, the federal regulatory economy has never been better, with solid growth in spending and employment.

Kristin Tate, author of Government Gone Wild: How D.C. Politicians Are Taking You For a Ride, tells Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump should pick a female vice presidential running mate.

Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference. The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.

New Government Gone Wild video by Blaise Ingoglia with SHOCKING statistics exposing the biggest special interest of all!

Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work. Officially the change to daylight saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though most folks set their clocks and watches ahead an hour before going to bed on Saturday

By Kalamazoo Gazette staff September 25, 2009, 9:05PM By Julie Makarewicz MIDDLEVILLE — A mother who helps neighbors in the morning by watching their children for a short time before the bus comes has been told she’s breaking the law. Lisa Snyder’s house is by the corner bus stop on Thornbird Drive just outside Middleville. Two of her friends who need to leave for work bring their children to her home in the morning before the bus arrives to take them to Thornapple Kellogg schools. Snyder said she doesn’t think she’s doing anything wrong, but she was notified by the...

Chula Vista has an early campaign issue and it is called “the mayor's bodyguard.” This isn't about the conduct or qualifications of private security contractor, this is about the way the city of Chula Vista has mishandled the matter at every turn and the folly of doing public business behind closed doors. How did the city find the private contractor (two versions exist)? Why did the council not receive more than a cursory report when the hiring item first came up in September? Why was the private contractor being paid from two separate accounts? Who, exactly, authorized the city's purchase...

"How Tyranny Came to America" One of the great goals of education is to initiate the young into the conversation of their ancestors; to enable them to understand the language of that conversation, in all its subtlety, and maybe even, in their maturity, to add to it some wisdom of their own. The modern American educational system no longer teaches us the political language of our ancestors. In fact our schooling helps widen the gulf of time between our ancestors and ourselves, because much of what we are taught in the name of civics, political science, or American history is...