February 1, 2018
Lebanon Democrat, Staff, January 30, 2018- The 16th annual report graded states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use, and found while Tennessee has taken significant steps to reduce tobacco use, elected officials must do more to save lives and ensure all Tennessee residents …
January 3, 2018
North Carolina Health News, Rose Hoban, Catherine Clabby and Mark Tosczak, January 2, 2018- Despite efforts by some legislators and the livestock industry to prevent it, neighbors to industrial-scale hog farms in eastern North Carolina seem poised to pursue monetary damages against hog farms. U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt in December rejected a plaintiff’s …
December 28, 2017
Lawrence Journal-World, Peter Hancock, December 24, 2017- As a group in Lawrence prepares a strong push for local regulations that would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21, efforts may be underway at the state level to push for a law that would pre-empt the ability of local …
December 28, 2017
KJZZ News, Casey Kuhn, December 22, 2017- In a darkened room in downtown Phoenix, the glow of a PowerPoint presentation lights up the faces of a dozen Tonopah residents who are grilling the county air quality director. “No one knew what they were going to put in,” one resident said. …
December 7, 2017
Surfrider Foundation, Angela Howe, December 5, 2017- “Preemption” is a legal term to describe when a higher authority takes control of a certain issue or area of regulation. In the world of plastic pollution, preemption is when statewide legislation is used to take away a local city’s right to pass …