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What William Whyte Understood About 'Hostile Architecture' - Bloomberg All Law Students Should be Educated About State Constitutions | State Court Report Atlanta Cashierless Grocery Owners Pitch 'Shark Tank' on Amazon Go Alternative - Bloomberg Vision for new affordable city in California meets skepticism from locals | PBS NewsHour DC police dealt thousands of guns; ATF demands answers after concerning number found at crime scenes – NBC4 Washington ( nbcwashington.com ) NYC's

Woman Had to Move Out of Tiny Home Over City $1,000 a Day Fine Threat ( businessinsider.com ) Bryan Stevenson Reclaims the Monument, in the Heart of the Deep South | The New Yorker   Florida Law Bans Social Media for Minors Under 14 - WSJ   Paris Preserves Its Mixed Society by Pouring Billions Into Public Housing - The New York Times ( nytimes.com ) Fremont, Nebraska, needs migrant workers, but bars illegal aliens ( nbcnews.com ) Florida food delivery preemption bill goes to

Michigan Counties Allegedly Ban Jail Visits for Videochat Profits ( theappeal.org ) Miami gets $60 million grant for Overtown park -Miami Herald Tennessee House committee to debate wetlands bill shelved by Senate • Tennessee Lookout In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution ( bbc.com ) Supreme Court lets ‘insurrectionist’ ban against New Mexico official stand - POLITICO   Baltimore's new $1 billion jail expected to be most ex

Who will be left to pay for rural Iowa's roads? • Iowa Capital Dispatch   Voters Ready for Return of “Tough on Crime” ( governing.com ) Political Abuse Stifles Diversity, Report Shows - Ms. Magazine ( msmagazine.com )   Regulation of PFAS Chemicals in Water Supply Strains City Budgets - Bloomberg New Minneapolis rideshare ordinance faces foes–Uber, Lyft, and Frey. ( sahanjournal.com ) Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble - The New York Times ( nytimes.

This spring sees state and local law in focus at law schools around the country. We were happy to see offerings at University of Wisconsin Law's State Democracy Research Initiative , the Brennan Center/NYU Law School , and coming next month, Yale Law School. Props to all the organizers! Thousands of voters in Alabama district drawn to boost Black political power got wrong information | AP News A new program ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life

Local governments are becoming public developers to build new housing - Vox   Jacksonville City Council passes Sheriff T.K. Waters' bill restricting lawsuit settlements ( jaxtrib.org )   Lawmakers want to fine unruly fans at youth sporting events $1K | kare11.com   House lawmakers advance bill to speed up replacement of lead water lines | News From The States SFMTA parking tickets: You can fight and win ( sfstandard.com ) Nassau County voting map lawsuit tests New York voting

​ This Florida Mall Has Gucci, Prada … and Soon, Affordable Housing? - The New York Times ( nytimes.com ) Court Decision Blocks EPA Action in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' - Bloomberg National push for ‘green amendments’ puts states at forefront of climate fight ( msn.com ) Scores of NYC Public Housing Workers Charged in Record Corruption Case - The New York Times ( nytimes.com )   Many Americans Prefer Suburban Living. Urban Planners Should Not Supersede | National Review How a

We're excited to see so many contributors and friends to SLoG at this symposium: The Brennan Center for Justice, State Court Report, and the NYU Law Review are delighted to announce an upcoming symposium on The Promise and Limits of State Constitutions , which will be held in-person at NYU Law School on Thursday February 8 and Friday, February 9.   At a moment when state courts and state constitutions are increasingly in the public spotlight, this symposium will tackle criti

The ghost town article in this week's aggregation seems particularly salient, and touches on trends predicted by among others Michelle Wilde Anderson, as far back as her 2014 Yale Law Journal article . What can cities and states be doing to reverse depopulation trends? Send us your suggestions to sloglawblog@gmail.com and we will post to the SLoG social media account. $1 houses: Newark holds first lottery for local homebuyers ( cnbc.com ) Why the judge ruled against Disney’

Housing is unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters : NPR   Entire Town’s Newspapers Stolen On Day It Runs Story About Rape At Police Chief’s Home | HuffPost Latest News Dangerous San Francisco Clay Street Bump: Lawsuit Seeks $9M ( sfstandard.com ) Morristown: Why a Tennessee Town Built a Skywalk to Rescue Downtown - Bloomberg   How Illinois Housing Banishment Laws Push People into Homelessness and Prison  | Bolts ( boltsmag.org )   Why Some States Are Rejecting Fed

Ed. note: Paul Mark, a student in the LL.M program at Georgetown University Law Center, and Research Assistant for thre Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law (SALPAL), is a State Senator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This post is part of our "Voices from the Field" series Skyrocketing housing prices in Massachusetts threaten the competitiveness of the Comminwealth at a time when the ability to work remotely has become more common, more desirable, and

Get out there in the white stuff if it is in your neighborhood. Bring any four-legged pals along, too. Acknowledgement to Nick Romanko of Rutgers University for this photo, and a shoutout to Professor Swan from the SLoG managing editor team!   United Federation of Teachers Sues Over Congestion Pricing ( curbed.com ) In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races - The New York Times ( nytimes.com ) Florida lawmaker proposes bill cracking down on panhandli

We hope your batteries are recharged. You will need the energy this year. Legislative plan to overhaul affordable housing prompts applause, warnings - New Jersey Monitor   How bad was crime in SF in 2023? We looked into it. ( sfgate.com )   California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants - ABC News ( go.com )   Momentum for Parents’ Bill of Rights in Washington State ( governing.com ) San Francisco Empty Homes Tax Challenge Upheld by Ju

SLoG is going on hiatus until January 2, 2024, when we will return with a post on affordable housing from a Massachusetts legislator. What's going on in affordable housing in your neck of the woods? Many, many thanks to Sarah Swan for the weekly picks, and to our contributors and readers.

Philly is the first city to ban medical deportations – NBC10 Philadelphia ( nbcphiladelphia.com ) Lawsuit says prison labor system in Alabama amounts to 'modern-day form of slavery' ( msn.com ) N.J. lawmakers move bill forward to give some civilian review boards subpoena power | News From The States Dead Alabama prisoner’s body returned without a heart, family says - al.com   Voters approve amending debt limit for small city school districts - New York State School Boards Ass

Once a Homeless Addict, a Mayor Takes On Housing and Drug Crises - The New York Times ( nytimes.com ) HUD Proposes 30-Day Waiting Period for Some Evictions - Bloomberg Oakland City Council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution has a long history ( oaklandside.org )   St. Paul city council budget relieves medical debt for 43,000 citizens | MinnPost   Local Lockout in Georgia | Brennan Center for Justice NJ Reparations Council To Hold Public Hearing On Dec. 4 | Newark, NJ Patch   'Someti

As we go live with this week's Swan's Picks, we are saddened to learn of the loss of a First: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the nation's first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Justice O'Connor's jurisprudence was informed by her time on the bench of the Arizona Court of Appeals, and in her retirement she advocated for fair and independent state courts, and improved civic education. Our hearts are with her family and her family of law clerks. Red states’ efforts to rein in

Here are the picks for the week. We've also posted on Bruce's Beach and reparations, here . Who’s Buying Nebraska? Corporations, investors grabbing giant chunks of Nebraska farmland - Flatwater Free Press New Mexico Supreme Court Adopts New Separation-of-Powers Approach to Disbursing Federal Funds | State Court Report NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Will Set US Model for Reducing Traffic - Bloomberg This Louisiana Village Brought in $1 Million Through a Court Where the Mayor Is

To all the veterans out there, our thanks for you service and sacrifice. Here are the picks for the week. Mortgage rates plummet by largest amount in a year | CNN Business City wants to end 'insanely inequitable' insurance program | CBC News Louisiana Judges Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions Without Review — ProPublica Schenectady County Calls for Energy Storage Moratorium (governing.com) Migrant Shelters Swell as Denver, Chicago, NYC Plead for Federal Funds - Blo

New York Will Be Fine. Other Downtowns Have More to Fear. - The Atlantic If Abortion Measure Fails, Ohioans on Parole And Probation Could Face Graver Restrictions | Bolts (boltsmag.org) Maine Referendum Would Buy Out Power Companies to Create Public Option - Bloomberg Fake Nudes of Real Students Cause an Uproar at a New Jersey High School - WSJ Messenger: A Missouri county is getting outside help for its backlog of court cases (stltoday.com) Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Chall