Immigration lawyer Stewart Rabinowitz of the Dallas-based law firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz touts a new USCIS program that helps foreign widowed spouses. U.S. Attorney General Janet Napolitano announced a new policy to assist widowed citizen immigrants to remain in the United States, despite the loss of their citizen partner. “If a foreign national marries a United States citizen and the citizen partner dies, the widowed foreign national spouse can still remain eligible to gain permanent […]

Reaching into one of those old-fashioned closets that take up too much space in your bedroom or hallway has always been a bit of an adventure. Change that with an innovative reach-in closet. Bear Creek Closets in Tampa, Florida, have some cool ideas going for them that will turn a home into a paragon of organization and streamlined design. Gone will be those terrible dungeons that the kids used to stuff their hockey gear, gym […]

Planning what to do with the assets of an estate takes a great deal of legal knowledge and the proper kind of information to ensure that the will accurately reflects the wishes of its creator. Never try to write a will without the assistance of an attorney. There are far too many legal loopholes that may arise and cause untold havoc later. In addition, tax laws and other legal rules that affect estate planning tend […]

The twenty first century calls for innovative changes in health care across the country. Americans are now able to take advantage of a Health Savings Account, something just a little different than traditional health care insurance. Concerned health care consumers are able to opt for paying current expenses and save for future qualified medical/retiree health expenses on a tax-free basis by buying Illinois HSAs – Health Savings Accounts. These are much better than doctor’s office […]

Lead contamination in water is more prevalent than anyone may think, whether a house is new or not. While everyone knows that drinking lots of water is something good to do for their health, these days people have to second guess if their water is safe or not. Imagine that, turning on the tap and drinking lead contaminated water. It’s not just the lead that is a problem either. Water on tap these days has […]

There is no question that everyone in the U.S. has water on the brain, or to be more precise, their brain is more than 75 percent water. Water is crucial for living, a fact that hits home if we have the misfortune to lose even just five percent of our body fluids. This loss creates a 25 to 30 percent energy drop in the average adult. If a body loses up to 15 percent of […]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has advised special immigrant religious workers under the Ruiz-Diaz class action lawsuit to file their adjustment applications before the end of August 2009. As background, USCIS current regulations prohibit the simultaneous filing of both a special immigrant religious worker immigrant visa petition and the foreign national religious worker’s adjustment of status application. Instead, the special immigrant religious worker visa petition must be filed first, and once approved, […]

There is no doubt that the bigger they are, they more damage they cause when involved in a crash. It doesn’t seem to make any difference how wide the highways are these days to allow for more traffic and larger vehicles. The problems are still the same old ones that existed when the highways were only four lanes instead of six or eight. Smaller cars and other vehicles are at a supreme disadvantage when it […]

There seems to have been a spate of wrongful death actions lately filed in relation to the use of tasers by the police. While tasers may have their place in law enforcement, there is a burning question about the number of deaths resulting from the use of this weapon on suspects. Just recently a man involved in a traffic stop, who bolted when he saw police, died as a result of the use of a […]

According to Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee, the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has dealt a serious blow to hopes of immigration reform. While health care reform has been taking the spotlight lately in reference to the recent death of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee would like to remind people that the late senator was “a significant voice for changing the immigration law.” He was in the U.S. […]