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The name of Blackbeard has been attached to many local attractions, such as Charleston's Blackbeard's Cove. [130] His name and persona have also featured heavily in literature. He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard: A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia. [131]
On August 18, 2015, then North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed "Blackbeard's Law," N.C. General Statute §121-25(b), into law.The statute stated that, "All photographs, video recordings, or other documentary materials of a derelict vessel or shipwreck or its contents, relics, artifacts, or historic materials in the custody of any agency of the North Carolina government or its ...
2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay unspecified damages for failing to renew access easements on American Indian tribal land. U.S. Attorney ...
A Wisconsin judge overturned a state law that prevented public employees from collective bargaining Monday. The legislation, known as Act 10 and passed in 2011 under former Gov. Scott Walker (R ...
The Wisconsin Rapids Finance and Property Committee still must decide whether to approve a contract with the South Wood County Humane Society for 2025. Wisconsin Rapids council reinstates $76,000 ...
52% opposed the collective bargaining law passed in Wisconsin, while 45% supported the new law. 43% said they favored repealing the law completely, 34% wanted to keep the law as is, and 18% wanted the law to be amended in some way. 43% believed the new law was helping Wisconsin's financial problems, while 41% believed it was not.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − The city's Police Department released video footage this week of a Jan. 29, 2023, traffic stop that led to a local lawyer filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the ...