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 …
January 27, 2020
Pensacola News Journal, Editorial Board, January 25, 2020- Every year as the Florida legislators huddle in the state capitol, Floridians in local communities from Perdido Key to Key West face a common threat from the politicians who convene in Tallahassee — preemption. Preemption is the annual ritual of state politicians …
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 …