August 7, 2019
Next City, Zoe Sullivan, August 7, 2019- In late July, a Florida county circuit court struck down some of the penalties added in 2011 to Florida’s law banning local governments from regulating firearms. Those penalties included the ability to remove local elected officials from office, fining them up to $5,000 …
June 27, 2019
The Athens News, Cole Behrens, June 27, 2019- Athens City Council voted unanimously Monday to reaffirm the city’s right to home rule in opposition to Ohio House Bill 242, a law that would preempt cities and other municipalities in Ohio’s authority to ban or tax single-use plastics. If passed in …
December 14, 2018
KIII TV, Staff, December 13, 2018- A state representative out of San Antonio has introduced a bill that could change the way the City of Corpus Christi regulates the use of plastic shopping bags. House Bill 514 is an effort to ban single-use plastic bags. The measure would allow each …
November 26, 2018
Plastics News, Conrad MacKerron and Tim Smith, November 20, 2018- Walden Asset Management, in collaboration with As You Sow, recently wrote to the CEOs of nine companies arguing that membership in the Plastics Industry Association supports lobbying for statewide preemption laws that prohibit 70 million Americans in 10 states from …
November 20, 2018
Tampa Bay Times, Josh Solomon, November 16, 2018- Plastic straws were first. Then polystyrene. Now the City Council is targeting bags. Council members on Thursday heard a pioneering proposal that would force retailers and restaurants citywide to charge customers 5 cents for “single-use carryout bags.” That means traditional Chinese-restaurant style …