January 21, 2020
Anna Maria Island News, Chris Ann Allen, January 21, 2020- There appears to be a theme. The 2020 Legislature is hearing bills that could chip away at local regulatory power. “The legislative session started today and the big issue seems to be preemption of local government,” Holmes Beach city attorney …
January 17, 2020
Miami New Times, Alexi C. Cardona, January 16, 2020- Since 1987, Florida law has prohibited city and county governments from adopting their own gun laws or placing restrictions on firearms. The law gives the state carte blanche to occupy “the whole field” of firearm and ammunition regulation. The legislature gave …
December 9, 2019
Register-Guard, Christian Hill, December 6, 2019- Timber companies notified state regulators this year that aircraft will spray pesticides on least three dozen tracts of forestland in Lane County. Aerial spraying of these chemicals has been controversial in Oregon, with environmental groups seeking reforms to the practice for years. Timber companies …
December 2, 2019
TribLive, Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy & Corey O’Connor, December 1, 2019- It has been nearly 11 years since Pennsylvania’s Legislature took any action to raise the state’s depressed minimum wage. While states all around us passed laws raising wages, Pennsylvanians have been stuck at the lowest level allowed by federal law, …
December 2, 2019
Highlands News-Sun, Jim Saunders, December 1, 2019- Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office Tuesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal in a battle about the city of Coral Gables’ attempt to ban the use of Styrofoam food containers. Coral Gables took the dispute to the Supreme Court after …