February 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used effectively by public health advocates, most notably in the tobacco control arena, who have countered and even repealed state …
February 24, 2019
Pomeranz JL, Zellers L, Bare M, Sullivan PA, Pertschuk M. American Journal of Public Health. 2019 Feb: 251-252.
February 24, 2019
Crosbie E, Schillinger D, Schmidt, L. JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 22, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7770. Photo of California Capitol courtesy Wikimedia Commons
June 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 …
March 9, 2017
Two months into the 2017 state legislative sessions, local LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances and sanctuary cities have emerged as two of the leading targets of state preemption. As in the past, preemption proposals have been introduced in both states with existing local ordinances or policies, and those with no local LGBTQ …
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 18, 2019
Alabama California Colorado Florida Illinois Iowa Louisiana Maine Missouri Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington Research Property rights and rural justice: A study of U.S. right-to-farm laws Ashwood L, Diamond D, Walker F. Journal of Rural Studies. 67:12-129. April 2019. Right-to-farm laws initially …
April 3, 2019
Alabama California Colorado Florida Iowa Louisiana Maine Missouri Nevada North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Washington National Cooley Judicial Lecture: Respecting Local Control: State Law in the Federal System Reason.com, 3/28/2019 Judge Joan Larsen of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will deliver the Inaugural …
March 21, 2019
California Colorado Florida Louisiana Maine Minnesota Missouri Nevada Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Utah Wyoming Research Tobacco industry involvement in children’s sugary drinks market Nguyen Kim H, Glantz Stanton A, Palmer Casey N, Schmidt Laura A. Tobacco industry involvement in children’s sugary drinks market British Medical Journal 2019; 364 :l736 Tobacco …
March 6, 2019
California Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kentucky Maine Maryland North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Utah West Virginia Research Combatting and Preventing Preemption: A Strategic Action Model. Bare 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. State Preemption to Prevent Local Taxation …