Gas-powered leaf blowers banned in residential areas of Annapolis
Gas-powered leaf blowers are officially banned in residential areas of Annapolis. Ordinance 28-83, passed by the Annapolis ...
Richard Thompson’s battle with barking dogs, planes and leaf blowers to make Acoustic Classics
Richard Thompson thought 2014 solo album Acoustic Classics would just be a nice product for his merch stall – until he’d got ...
Paxton whistle-blowers awarded $6.7 million judgment
A Travis County judge on Friday awarded nearly $6.7 million to four whistle-blowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken ...
Ex-Aides to Texas Attorney General Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case
A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to ...
Gas-powered leaf blowers banned in Annapolis neighborhoods
The Indiana Fever revamped their roster after making the playoffs for the first time since 2016, but falling to the ...
Oregon bill would provide rebates for battery-operated leaf blowers
A proposed $2 million fund would encourage the replacement of noisy, polluting gas-powered blowers by professional ...
Gas leaf blowers cause cancer, Alzheimer’s, CT advocates say. Opponents say it’s too costly to ban them
Ruth Carnovi, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association, cites data from California, where electric leaf blowers are banned, that operating a commercial leaf blower for one hour is ...
As Annapolis leaf-blower ban takes effect, vouchers remain in development
The legislation, passed last year, bans the use of gas-powered blowers and other items such as sound emitters that deter ...
North Hempstead strengthens leaf blower ban enforcement
North Hempstead code officers will respond to complaints on the day of the week the landscaper is most likely to be there.