September 10, 2019
Single-use plastics have created a major threat to the environment. As in the case of the other issues tracked in the Grassroots Change Preemption Map, much of the recent success in regulating or banning plastic bags and other “auxiliary containers” has come at the local level. In response, the plastics industry, …
August 6, 2019
In the 1970s and 80s, the gun lobby faced the threat of an effective national movement to prevent gun violence. To stop that grassroots movement, the NRA borrowed a page from the tobacco industry’s playbook and promoted state preemption of local gun laws. They succeeded in 43 states, but in the handful of states that …
July 25, 2019
M, Zellers L, Sullivan PA; Pomeranz JL, Pertschuk M.Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. March/April 2019;25:101–103. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000956. This 4-part model provides a framework for strategies that have been used effectively by public health advocates, most notably in the tobacco control arena, who have countered and even repealed state …
October 13, 2018
It’s very easy to be cynical about politics. I can be cynical as well. But seeing policies being guided by a grassroots movement, with people who wanted to make this happen at all levels of power in the city, was inspiring. — Sara Soka, former Campaign Manager, Berkeley vs. Big Soda …
June 11, 2018
The Herald Sun, Gene Baur, May 30, 2018- Factory farming in North Carolina recently took a hit in a federal nuisance lawsuit when a jury awarded plaintiffs more than $50 million in damages in their case against Smithfield. As we’d expected, the agribusiness giant is appealing, and a judge has …
January 15, 2017
Part 3: Legal Challenges Distract and delay. Two tactics the tobacco industry used for decades to slow the progress of public health are now being used by the soda industry, which in 2016 filed legal challenges against Oakland and Boulder’s soda tax campaigns and against the City of Philadelphia after …
April 3, 2020
Arizona Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Iowa Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri New Mexico North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin National Who’s in Charge? Making Sense of Government Orders in the COVID-19 Response JDSupra.com, 3/27/2020 First, questions of preemption typically arise only when there is a conflict in …
February 7, 2020
California Colorado Florida Georgia Kansas Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Washington National Opinion Let’s fight preemption of local control Luke Fuszard, Tribune News Service, 1/15/2020 Four years ago, the residents of Denton, Texas, took extraordinary action. In a state known for its ties to …
February 4, 2020
NBC Bay Area, Staff, February 4, 2020- Another Bay Area city is pushing a ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products in an effort to curb teen use. Cupertino city leaders will hear public comments on the proposal at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. In November, the city outlawed the sale …
February 3, 2020
New Mexico Daily Lobo, Lissa Knudsen, February 3, 2020- New Mexico is one step closer to establishing a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers and raising the age of purchase of all tobacco products to twenty-one. Senate Bill 131, the Tobacco Products Act, sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez …
January 31, 2020
EcoRI News, Staff, January 30, 2020- PROVIDENCE — Dave McLaughlin of Clean Ocean Access put it best when he described the latest bill for a statewide ban on plastic shopping bags: “It’s like a test. You want a 98 but you’ll take a 91,” he said after a Jan. 29 …