July 11, 2018
The Inquirer, The Inquirer Editorial Board, July 11, 2018- Have Philadelphia and state government ever not been at odds? On the one hand, the state, embodied by both its lawmakers and residents, tends to think of Philadelphia as the place that all the tax money collected in Pennsylvania goes to …
July 5, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Alissa Widman Neese, July 3, 2018- Smokers who visit Westerville’s public parks soon will be required to extinguish their cigarettes and put away their vape pens. The Westerville City Council agreed to ban smoking in the suburb’s public parks Monday night, joining Columbus and a growing number of …
June 27, 2018
City & State Pennsylvania, Ryan Briggs, June 26, 2018- Even as some Pennsylvania legislators head out the door for their summer recess, the impacts of a speedily passed $32.7 billion state budget are just beginning to be fully understood. To wit: One small amendment slipped into the voluminous state fiscal …
June 22, 2018
Peninsula Daily News, Paul Gottlieb, June 22, 2018- Clallam County and cities within its borders may want to but can’t increase the state-mandated smoking and vaping legal age from 18 to 21, David Alvarez, county chief civil deputy prosecuting attorney, told the Board of Health on Tuesday. Port Angeles City …
June 11, 2018
Duluth News Tribune, Peter Passi, May 27, 2018- More than 80 local retailers will wind down sales of menthol cigarettes this week, as new restrictions on flavored tobacco products in Duluth take effect next week. Starting June 12, adults-only smoke shops will be the sole retailers allowed to sell such …