Knife preemption laws are quietly redrawing the map of who governs everyday life in your city. As state legislatures... The ...

With 33 states and the District of Columbia having enacted medical marijuana laws, courts in recent years have repeatedly been called on to determine whether these state statutes are preempted by the ...

Arkansas has just rewritten the rules for how knives are regulated, shifting power from city halls to the Capitol... The post Arkansas just passed knife-law preemption — what local bans it wipes out ...

A single federal regulatory standard does not always lead to better policy outcomes. In certain cases, a single federal standard that preempts state and local law is more harmful than helpful. This ...

As laboratories of democracy, local governments are incubators for innovative policies with the potential to improve health and reduce health inequities. Local policy change is often grounded in a ...

The Borough of State College is a home rule municipality, but Pennsylvania is a Dillon’s Rule state. That means our local governments possess only those powers specifically granted to them by state ...

As the nation awaits an incoming administration, acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks continues to charge ahead with aggressive actions, provoking both state authorities and consumer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. What can be done to protect the ability of private property owners to ...

This article appears in the February 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. There’s nothing historically novel about America’s politics dividing along urban vs. rural or ...