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Court Bonds 03.23.2022

Charitable Trust?

  By designating assets to non profit organizations, families can use wealth for social good. Estate planners explain charitable trusts, clarifying the difference between charitable remainder and lead trusts.   Charitable Trusts Are Irrevocable Charitable…
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Charitable Trust?
Court Bonds 03.23.2022

Making a Will? Be Specific

  Of course making proactive decisions about family assets and treasured belongings is challenging, but lawyers encourage as much specificity as possible when making a will. Reliance on “the kids” to work things out “later”…
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Making a Will? Be Specific
Court Bonds 03.18.2022

Understand The Importance: Wills and Executors

  Even amidst the painful lessons of the pandemic, most Americans still don’t have a will, and correspondingly, have not designated anyone to attend to their affairs upon death. Legal experts share insights to spark…
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Understand The Importance: Wills and Executors
Court Bonds 03.18.2022

Family Secrets and Estate Plans

  Big secrets withheld from close family members are difficult during life—and perhaps even more devastating upon death, when loved ones no longer have the hope of making peace with a surprising new reality. However,…
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Family Secrets and Estate Plans
Contract Surety 03.17.2022

Constructing at Community Colleges

An expanded resource center for veterans and a completely renovated building for studies in science, math and engineering (SEM) at Cypress College in North California exemplify efforts to strengthen the community college experience.  Reimagining and…
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Constructing at Community Colleges
Contract Surety 03.17.2022

Steel Bridges: Preventing Collapse

  The University of Kansas has been chosen by the Federal Highway Administration for research on some of the root problems impacting aging bridges across the country. It is anticipated that the $500,000 research grant…
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Steel Bridges: Preventing Collapse
Court Bonds 03.08.2022

Death In The Family? Practical Advice

Here’s a reality no one likes to talk about: when a loved one dies, as if working through grief is not enough, there’s a lot of other work to be done. In addition to the…
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Death In The Family? Practical Advice
Court Bonds 03.08.2022

Alzheimers? Consider a Trust

  No one wants to think about living with Alzheimer’s. Sadly, a growing number of people and their families have no choice but to make big shifts in their lives, as they cope with the…
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Alzheimers? Consider a Trust
Contract Surety 03.07.2022

Public Funds Flowing?

  Although most of the funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has not yet kicked in, funds from 2021s American Rescue Plan (ARP) is in use for a wide variety of public…
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Public Funds Flowing?