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What abortion restrictions and laws look like in every state in the U.S. (19thnews.org) Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes local business 'protection' bill (floridapolitics.com) Mayors and Local Officials Face a Rising Tide of Threats, Harassment - Bloomberg Governor Hochul, U.S. Department of Interior and Onondaga Nation Announce One of the Largest Returns of Land to an Indigenous Nation by Any State | Governor Kathy Hochul No, Texas Can’t Legally Secede From The U.S., Despite Pop

American influence has a new address on State Street - POLITICO Ellison says MN to protect out-of-state abortions if Roe falls (twincities.com) Justices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP | AP News What a New Chesapeake Bay Bridge Could Really Cost - Bloomberg Supreme Court Gun Ruling 'Frightful In Its Scope': Hochul | Yorktown, NY Patch A Digital Map to Net Zero, Via Upstate New York - Bloomberg North Dakota’s Small Schools Fight for Survival (governing.com)

Minneapolis ordered to cease implementation of 2040 plan - StarTribune.com New map highlights home deeds with racist language in Ramsey County | MPR News Florida Abortion Ban Violates Jews' Religious Freedom, Lawsuit Says | U.S. News® | US News Abortion protections in New York fortified ahead of SCOTUS ruling - POLITICO New Jersey aims to lure Georgia firms by warning of ‘dangerous’ anti-abortion policies (ajc.com) Rural America Reels From Violent Crime. ‘People Lost The

SRO Housing, Nearly Zoned Out of Existence, Could Re-Emerge (governing.com) As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Study: Denver's STAR program reduced crime, costs | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com) Historic California report on systemic racism in law and policy hailed by slave reparations advocates | PBS NewsHour Is New York City More Dangerous Than Rural America? - Bloomberg And a bonus story from blog fou

Preemption & Policymaking in Public Health Law: From Local to Global Virtual Webinar From our colleagues at SALPAL ChangeLab Solutions and the O’Neill Institute on National and Global Health Global Tuesday, June 7th 1 - 2:30 PM EST Preemption means that a higher level of government (e.g., federal or state government) may limit or eliminate the power of a lower level of government (e.g., state or local government) to regulate a specific issue. In the past decade, preemptive

Police chief for Uvalde schools sworn into city council behind closed doors Tuesday night – Houston Public Media Supreme Court likely to drop school voucher bombshell - The Washington Post Immigrant Bail Bond Industry Is ‘Wild West,’ State Lawmakers Say - THE CITY Ron DeSantis plotted an all-out assault on public universities (substack.com) California prepares to welcome patients from states that may soon ban abortion : Shots - Health News : NPR San Francisco's Recall Hi

How Texas forces companies to stay neutral on gun control - or lose business (dallasnews.com) California Judicial Council Sued for Illegal Scheme to Fund Courts through Late Fees; San Mateo Court Stops Collecting Millions in Outstanding Debts and Waits for Governor and Legislature to Act. - LCCRSF Oklahoma becomes first state to ban almost all abortion access (19thnews.org) The Cityhood Movement Is Defeated in Metro Atlanta - Bloomberg Opinion | A local official sued me f

Here is a call for papers from AALS that may interest you: Call for Papers for the Sections on Property and State and Local Government Law at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting The Property Law and State and Local Government Law Sections are pleased to announce a Call for Papers from which up to four presenters will be selected for a joint program to be held during the AALS 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California from January 4-7, 2023. The program is entitled Homes, Neighborh

Cash piling up from bonds freeing migrants arrested in Texas border push | The Texas Tribune Will Disney lose Mickey Mouse, too? Josh Hawley targeting copyrights (tallahassee.com) Discrimination lawsuit settlement with St. Louis police chief finalist includes forced retirement (msn.com) Ahead of Supreme Court Gun Ruling, Adams ‘Very Concerned’ as City Hall Mulls Options - THE CITY Lightfoot: Parents, not just police, need to hold kids responsible for roaming streets after

We are grateful to Sarah Swan for sharing her picks the last few week; here are a few other suggestions, announcements of upcoming events, and a call for contributions! First, Ilya Somin has made the case for limits on extraterritorial jurisdiction by states seeking to interfere with the right of women to seek abortions in states that post-Dobbs, will prohibit them. Ilya's analysis can be found here For more, also see his analysis of foot voting in the face of abortion proh

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2022 Supreme Court Elections | Bolts (boltsmag.org) Mayors Face a Reckoning With Racial Wealth Gaps (governing.com) Moving to Nashville Yields Mixed Bag for Wall Street Giant - Bloomberg What happened in one small Appalachia town when the bitcoin miners moved in - The Washington Post Man Who Literally Killed His Wife Wins Local Republican Primary (jezebel.com)

States and localities (towns and counties) have brought a range of sometimes-overlapping lawsuits against companies alleged to have contributed to the opioid epidemic, with some success. One major multi-district litigation (“MDL”) settlement involving three opioid distributors and one manufacturer included a provision connecting payment to states’ ability to ensure localities surrender their claims. Consistent with this provision, Georgia recently enacted legislation exting

This has been an understandably devastating week for those who care about the rule of law and precedent. The Supreme Court appears poised in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to reverse the due process and privacy protections of Roe v. Wade , undermining the reproductive autonomy of millions of American women. The leaked opinion, which is not final until issued, and could still change, would return the decision on the legality of abortions to the states. For many

On the Problem of Prison Towns: A Future for Susanville - Bolts Mag Connecticut governor signs law protecting abortion seekers and providers from out-of-state lawsuits - CNN What Cities Are Doing to Prepare for SCOTUS Roe Reversal - Bloomberg U.S. Treasury's Adeyemo urges states, local governments to use COVID aid for housing - Reuters Shawnee unanimously passes ordinance banning co-living - The Kansas City Star Tulsa Race Massacre: Reparations lawsuit survives moti

Illinois Law Bans Schools From Fining Children With Tickets. So the Police Are Doing It for Them. Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities? Disney’s special tax district suggests its repeal is illegal Georgia governor sign bills on banning books, transgender sports, and race Federal Appeals Court Rules Local Governments Can sue Oil Companies Over Climate Change

Small Counties Are Making Major Strides on Criminal Legal Reform | Opinion Abortion rights backers block 'trigger' law in Nebraska “Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business And a busy week in Florida… DeSantis signs bill limiting tenure at Florida public universities Disney to Lose Special Tax Status in Florida Amid ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Clash (Plus, a bonus Florida story for those keeping up with electoral maps: Legislature approves

Preserving History in a Town that Doesn’t Want to Remember San Francisco’s public nuisance suit against pharma for opioids will go forward Biden is Doubling Down on a Push to Roll Back Single-Family Zoning Laws The Jeffrey Toobin of Local Government A Lake in Florida is Suing to Protect Itself NYC’s Big Clean-Energy Project Poses A Major Climate Test For The Country

DeSantis goes after Disney’s special government status in Florida City leaders threatened employees who wanted to publicly speak on sexual harassment problems in the police department Homeowners fight back against corporate landlords in Charlotte Problems with Opportunity Zones in L.A. Miamicoin and the brave new world of cities and crypto-currency

Wealthy donors want to dictate what happens in the public space of Washington Square Park Local Governments Fight Over Water in Arizona New Orleans Residents Won $75 Million Settlement Against The City and Housing Authority After Living On Toxic Landfill A novel pathway in NJ to police misconduct records. Will other states follow? Utah’s Walkable ‘15-Minute City’ Could Still Leave Lots of Room for Cars

Are the legislatures of local governments too small? Once one looks beyond some major cities, one sees councils, boards, and commissions that have, mostly, fewer than ten members. The Census Bureau’s most recent comprehensive study (1992) on the size of general-purpose local legislatures gave an average size of four members, and a less comprehensive 2018 survey by the International City/County Management Association reported that 90% of these bodies have seven or fewer member