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 …
November 7, 2019
Florida Politics, Ryan Nicol, November 6, 2019- A new survey from the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) finds a majority of registered Florida voters support local governments being given flexibility to pass local ordinances that go beyond protections under state law. LSSC opposes state preemption of local laws, making its …
November 7, 2019
Phoenix New Times, Ali Swenson, November 5, 2019- As Tucson voters decided today whether their city should become a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants, Mohave County was still reveling in its move to become a sanctuary for an entirely different group: gun owners. The Board affirms its support of the Second …
November 7, 2019
Florida Politics, Ryan Nicol, November 6, 2019- Democratic state Reps. Anna Eskamani and Michael Grieco are once again pushing a bill (HB 6043) that would allow local municipalities to ban single-use plastics such as plastic bags. Florida law currently blocks local governments from acting on the issue. “[N]o local government, local governmental agency, or …