March 8, 2017
Sandusky Register Tom Jackson March 7, 2017- PORT CLINTON — Lawyers for the Ottawa County prosecutor and for a quarry in Benton Township clashed Tuesday over whether a judge should shut down operations at the Rocky Ridge Quarry in Benton Township. Common Pleas Judge Bruce Winters told lawyers at the …
February 22, 2017
NRDC Eric A. Goldstein February 17, 2017 New York City’s 2016 break-through law that established a five cent fee on single use plastic (and paper) grocery bags so as to encourage shoppers to switch to reusables has been toppled in Albany. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an ill-advised …
February 16, 2017
Courier-Journal James Bruggers February 15, 2017 If you are Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer or an environmental advocate you might be looking at the latest legislative effort to meddle in public policy in Kentucky’s largest city as if it were a monster that just doesn’t seem to die. Dracula? Chucky? Michael …
February 14, 2017
Courthouse News Jamie Henneman February 13, 2017 SPOKANE, Wash. (CN) — Residents of Spokane have sued the federal government for the right to ban railroads from carrying fossil fuels through the city, an initiative the city placed on the ballot last year, then removed as legally indefensible because of federal pre-emption. …
February 8, 2017
McClatchy David Klepper February 7, 2017 ALBANY, N.Y. State lawmakers are poised to overrule New York City’s impending fee on non-reusable shopping bags after legislators from both parties voted Tuesday to delay any fee until at least next year. The fee of at least a nickel was set to begin …