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Archives: Local Issues / Articles
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Using Preemptions To Rein In Government Overreach: Lee Schalk in USA Today Florida
Lee Schalk, ALEC Vice President of Policy, was quoted in a USA Today Florida affiliate article on state preemptions of local authority in Florida.
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2024 State Legislative Agendas, Unfunded Pension Liabilities, and TABOR: Lee Schalk on NewsTalkSTL
Lee Schalk, ALEC Vice President of Policy, recently joined Tim Jones, Gabe Phifer and Stel Pontikes on NewsTalk STL to discuss unfunded pension liability…
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SCOTUS Rules Home Equity Theft Out, Homeowners Rights In
Two weeks ago and a month earlier than expected, the US Supreme Court released its decision in Tyler v Hennepin County. The justices unanimously sided with 94-year-old Geraldine…
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Iowa Adds Truth and Transparency to Property Taxes
Iowa lawmakers and Governor Kim Reynolds delivered a bipartisan win for Iowans this week, as Truth-in-Taxation became the latest free market policy solution signed into law in the Hawkeye…
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Will SCOTUS Protect Property Owners by Ending Home Equity Theft?
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Tyler v. Hennepin County, a David v. Goliath-like fight between 94-year-old grandmother Geraldine Tyler and the Minnesota county that seized…
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Governor Youngkin Puts Educational Freedom in the Spotlight
Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s newly minted Governor, ran a campaign centered around the importance of educational freedom and parental choice. On his first day in office, Governor Youngkin continued that emphasis…
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The Unseen Hand of NIMS in Communities
Building Government Los Angeles City Hall Hall State and local governments are the frontline of defense against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, And, we haven’t been sitting idly by, we’ve been…
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A Brief Etymology of Local Regulations
In America’s early days, until the progressive era of the early 1900’s, city councils were a place where liberty was modeled by elected officials. We aren’t talking libertarian utopia,…
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ACCE Local Officials Gather for Academy on Local Governance in Colorado
Local officials from all around Colorado gathered to share ideas and learn new information on local oil and gas regulations, tax payer bill of rights, short term housing rentals and…
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A Mayor on a Mission in a City of Success
About an hour south of Denver Colorado lies the sprawling city of Colorado Springs. Known by locals as “The Springs”, it is surrounded by picturesque mountains and notable landmarks such…
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Virginia Begins to Dismantle Dillon’s Rule
Today the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee took an historic vote today by passing Senate Bill (SB) 35; giving municipalities the ability to ban firearms at public events. SB35 is…
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Virginia to Redefine Relationship with Localities..On Some Issues
With the recent passage of Second Amendment Sanctuary resolutions or Constitutional resolutions in more than 95 communities in Virginia, people want to know what these resolutions do. To answer that…