September 7, 2017
Arizona California Colorado Florida Illinois Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri New York Ohio Texas Vermont National Federal Preemption Of State And Local Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Not Warranted PR Newswire, 8/29/2017“Preemption of public health policies, and specifically SSB taxes, undermines local control, challenges the financial stability of local governments, and extinguishes …
August 17, 2017
Florida Illinois Maryland Minnesota Missouri Montana New York Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Texas Washington Texas’ War on Local Control is Part of National Trend Texas Observer, 8/1/2017 Local officials in Texas’ big cities are awfully isolated these days. The Texas Legislature is attacking …
July 27, 2017
California Florida Illinois Louisiana Missouri New York Texas Texas Republicans take aim at liberal cities The Hill, 7/17/17 Nationally, at least 140 measures preempting local government actions were introduced in legislatures this year, according to Grassroots Change… Nineteen of those measures became law, including three so …
July 12, 2017
California Illinois Indiana Michigan Missouri Oregon Pennsylvania Texas National Flouting Paid-Sick-Day Laws The New York Times, 7/9/2017 “Red States and Blue Cities: A Partisan Battle Intensifies” (front page, July 6) mentions the flawed argument by the industry-backed American Legislative Exchange Council that local laws …
June 29, 2017
Arkansas Mississippi Missouri Pennsylvania Texas National Soda And Fast Food Lobbyists Push State Preemption Laws To Prevent Local Regulation Forbes, 6/21/2017 Now, lobbyists for numerous industries, including soda makers and fast-food chains, are pushing state laws that block municipal governments from adopting local controls. Aiding the …