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California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: Newly Enacted Non-Housing CEQA Reforms

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Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker...more

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Call to Action: Impending Threat to Communities’ Property Rights, Revenues and Police Powers Demands Planning and Response from...

Local governments must prepare now for renewed efforts in Washington, D.C. to restrict, and in some cases, eliminate a community’s ability to manage their property, receive fair compensation for the private use of public...more

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Governor of Alabama Kay Ivey Signs "Working for Alabama" Legislative Package To Create New Tax Incentives and Pathways for...

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On May 9, 2024, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey officially signed the “Working for Alabama” legislative package into law. This comprehensive set of bills represents a concerted effort to address key challenges facing the state's...more

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A Well-Informed Start to 2024: BBK’s Guidance for New Laws in California – Part Five

New Legislation Related to Local Government - In Part Five of the New Law Guidance series from Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK), we cover important new legislation for 2024 related to local government. Below we provide...more

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Florida Enacts Pole Attachment Regulations for Electric Cooperatives

On June 5, 2023, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB1221, subjecting rural electric cooperatives to pole attachment regulation by the Florida Public Service Commission (“FPSC”) if they provide broadband service....more

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Key Points

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On November 15, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”) to invest in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. The federal government...more

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New Federal Legislation Eases Access to Financing for Broadband Projects with Qualified Private Activity Bonds

Congress has passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which President Biden signed on November 15, 2021. The Act includes approximately $65 billion in funding opportunities for the deployment of broadband...more

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Number of New Public Works Construction Projects to Rise as Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Signed into Law

On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)which reauthorizes surface transportation funds and allocates $550 billion for new federal spending over the...more

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Enacting President Biden's Infrastructure Bill: Opportunities in The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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The Road Towards Better Infrastructure On November 15  2021, President Biden signed into the law the long-awaited Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA")....more

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How the New Infrastructure Act Aims to Bridge the Digital Divide

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President Biden recently signed the long-awaited bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The law allocates over $1 trillion in new and repurposed funds to upgrade the country’s infrastructure. This funding...more

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Injects $1.2 Trillion into Nation’s Infrastructure

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, was passed by Congress and is set to inject $1.2 trillion into projects upgrading the nation’s roads, bridges, energy, water...more

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Ports Obtain Authority to Provide Wholesale and Retail Broadband under New Legislation

Port districts in Washington now have broad authority to extend broadband into unserved areas. ESHB 1336 amends RCW 53.08.370 to grant ports broad authority to provide wholesale and retail telecommunication services within...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - May 2021 #4

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This week, the Senate considered a grant and tax bill and a bill to incent unemployed workers to return to work, while the House passed a broadband bill. Senate Grant and Tax bill - Two Senate committees this...more

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Ohio House Bill 2 signed into law

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Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill (H.B.) 2 into law on Monday, May 17, 2021. H.B. 2 was drafted similarly to H.B. 13 from the last general assembly. H.B. 2 creates the Ohio Residential Broadband Expansion Grant...more

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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Funding for State and Local Government

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the Rescue Plan) included significant funds for States, local, and tribal governments. These include both direct funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) and program monies...more

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President Trump Signs Bipartisan Broadband Mapping Law

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On March 23, 2020, President Trump signed the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act. The law requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to collect and disseminate more granular data...more

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Maine Law Will Place Strict Restrictions on Internet Service Providers

Maine’s legislature unanimously passed a new law—“An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (the “Act”)—that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs)...more

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New Year, New Laws Impacting Public Agencies In California – Part I

The California Legislature passed a number of laws last year that will have a significant impact on how public agencies — including cities and counties, special districts, schools and school districts and more — do business....more

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Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

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West Coast Real Estate Update - December 2017

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New California Ballot Initiative Targets Proposition 13 Tax Limit for Corporate Properties - Proposition 13, which was approved in California 40 years ago, could potentially be up for debate in 2018. A ballot initiative...more

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UK Parliament Passes New Digital Economy Act

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The Digital Economy Bill passed into UK law last Thursday 27 April 2017 amidst the flurry of activity known as the “wash up” period before the dissolution of Parliament and ahead of the early general election in the UK to be...more

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Special Session Set For Today

After weeks of negotiations, speculation, and a late night caucus, Governor Mark Dayton called the Special Session for today at 10 a.m. The six bills on the approved agenda are the three budget bills that Dayton vetoed at...more

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Four bills broaden the appeal of IFDs as a funding mechanism for local infrastructure, environmental mitigation, private...

Four bills affecting infrastructure financing districts, a funding mechanism for infrastructure and development projects that benefit the broader community, were recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. IFDs, created in 1990,...more

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