December 2, 2018
The Preemption Watch Preemption Map tracks state preemption of eight major public health and safety issues. Click on any one of the eight issues to see which states preempt local control. Click on your state to see whether local authority has been preserved or preempted across the eight issues. Discrimination: …
October 15, 2018
Barea Online, Staff, October 10, 2018- Cities and counties in Kentucky cannot pass ordinances that raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products or ban tobacco flavors that appeal to youth, among other measures, even when local citizens and elected officials strongly support them. That’s because Kentucky law preempts local …
August 30, 2018
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Jenni Bergal, August 29, 2018- Last month, Massachusetts became the sixth state to boost its legal smoking age to 21. While two dozen other states considered similar bills this legislative session — and many likely will do so again in 2019 — much of the groundswell …
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 …