Partnership for Public Service
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
And since 1976, our government has shut down 21 times for at least a day, when Congress could not agree on appropriations or pass stopgap funding, including a partial government shutdown of 35 days in 2018-2019. The way forward Several legislative reforms would help put a stop to these troubling developments.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
And I "argued" with her about various legislative initiatives that at the end of the day, had no impact, because they provided no additional remedies to give citizens the power to respond to and potentially stop things they didn't like, by providing a process for review and participation.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
While it is a pathbreaking initiative, at the same time, it's static in that it is a funding source extremely difficult to modify for supporting "new" programs, because it requires the State Legislature to change the enabling legislation. Also see " A comprehensive list of funding sources for arts and culture ," 2019.
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”
NLRG (National Legal Research Group)
OCTOBER 8, 2020
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), SB 1790, 133 Stat 1198, into law. This legislation included a substantial "crack" in the over 70-year-old, court-imposed Feres doctrine, which barred tort claims by military members against the United States for injuries incurred incident to service.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 5, 2024
Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Part 2: Colorado has some of the lowest alcohol taxes and highest drinking deaths.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
AUGUST 2, 2023
In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah M.
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