LAFD actions in Palisades fire shrouded in secrecy as city refuses to release records

More than two months after the flames levelled most of the Pacific Pallisade, the Los Angeles Fire Department and Mayor Karen Bass’ offices maintain exceptional secrets about the city’s preparation and response to hell. The fire department, mayor and her representatives have yet to provide answers to basic questions from the era on whether they […]
Heated tobacco product bill shrouded in risks to Alabama revenues, legal compliance

The Alabama House General Fund Committee is scheduled to consider a tobacco-based device on Wednesday that heats tobacco rather than burns it, allowing nicotine to be inhaled into the lungs. From a regulatory perspective, this product Already approved for sale In the U.S., controversy is brewing over a bespoke tax stance that critics say has […]