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How Red States Stifle Blue Cities - New Republic

The New Republic published an article entitled “How Red States Stifle Blue Cities” on September 26, 2018 about how Republican statehouses have passed a raft of preemption bills to prevent cities from raising the minimum wage, strengthening gun control, and more.

In the newsLSSCSeptember 27, 2018Red States, Blue Cities, Mayors, New Republic

Corporatism is infringing on your backyard like never before

Op-EdLSSCSeptember 5, 2018corporatism, Washington Post

Preemption in the News

In the newsLSSCAugust 20, 2018preemption, news

LSSC partners with National League of Cities to author joint op/ed: Let the Mayors Lead.

The LSSC partnered with the National League of Cities to place a joint op/ed, Let the Mayors Lead, co-authored by Brooks Rainwater, Director of the Center for City Solutions and Nestor Davidson, Director of Fordham University’s Urban Law Center.

Op-EdLSSCAugust 17, 2018Mayors, National League of Cities

Fizzled Out: How Big Soda uses crafty legislation to defeat taxes on sugary drinks

Big SodaLSSCJune 7, 2018soda, sugar, drinks, health, taxes

USAToday op/ed, Mayors want to pass gun safety laws, but the NRA and our state legislatures won’t let us

Op-EdLSSCMarch 23, 2018guns, mayors, gun safety

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