August 8, 2019
CityLab, Andrew Small, August 7, 2019- Dropping in: President Trump is visiting Dayton and El Paso today after the mass shootings in those cities. As with so many things related to this administration, these presidential appearances in sites of tragedy are unusually fraught. Trump’s arrival in the Ohio city on Wednesday …
August 5, 2019
Dallas Morning News, Hayat Norimine, August 5, 2019- Workers and labor groups celebrated when Dallas last week became the first Texas city to implement an ordinance that mandates businesses provide paid sick leave to employees. But after two companies sued the city last week in federal court, several appellate and …
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 …
December 13, 2018
Go San Angelo, Daniel Valenzuela, December 12, 2018- Our Home. Our Decisions. That’s the theme of a Texas Municipal League campaign the City Council has endorsed voicing concern about state government overreach into issues and decisions that are best determined at the local level. The message is straightforward and sensible: …
November 20, 2018
KUT News, Audrey McGlinchy, November 16, 2018- Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance is likely not going into effect any time soon – and may never. A Texas court of appeals ruled Friday that the ordinance, which mandates that most private employees in Austin get six to eight paid sick days …