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 …
June 21, 2017
California Colorado Michigan Missouri Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Quote of the week: NYC’s announcement last week that it’ll begin enforcing menu labeling May 22 sparked the ire of the National Restaurant Association. “Just as we feared, city and state governments are taking advantage of the federal menu …
June 6, 2017
Arizona Kansas Louisiana Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Pennsylvania Texas Voices for Healthy Kids Preemption Issue Chat Join Voices for Healthy Kids, the American Heart Association, and Grassroots Change‘s Mark Pertschuk for a webinar onWednesday, June 7th from 1:00-2:00 pm Central Time addressing recent preemption threats …
May 24, 2017
Georgia Indiana Louisiana Maine Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Washington National State Preemption: A Significant and Quiet Threat to Public Health in the United States Jennifer L. Pomeranz & Mark A. Pertschuk. American Journal of Public …