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Orange County Upholds Rural Boundary and Vision 2050 Plans Despite SB180 Concerns

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Orange County has voted not to repeal ordinances related to the County’s Rural Boundary/Rural Area, Lake Pickett Study Area, and Vision 2050/Orange Code. Despite concerns surrounding SB180, the Orange County Board of...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

Select Connecticut Property Tax Bills Advance

With the Connecticut General Assembly in the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, the following noteworthy property tax bills have been voted out of committee for consideration and possible action by both chambers of...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Remote meetings reauthorized through June 2027

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On March 28, 2025, Mass. Governor Maura Healy signed an emergency law extending the COVID-19 remote and hybrid meeting authorizations for public meetings of local boards and committees until June 30, 2027. The law, Chapter 2...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

2024 Land Use and Housing Legislation Taking Shape

The Second Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly adjourned in May 2024 with six major land use bills passed, a significant success for Governor Polis after the SB23-213 Land Use omnibus bill addressing similar policy...more

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Arizona Supreme Court to Address the Scope of Citizens’ Rights to Propose Local Ballot Measures

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In the forthcoming case of Roundtree v. City of Page,2 the Arizona Supreme Court will weigh in on a reoccurring political issue that bubbles up in cities and towns across the state: under what circumstances does a proposed...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio's New Village Dissolution Process: Key Provisions and Implications of House Bill 331

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On December 18, 2024, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 331 which created a new process for dissolution of villages in Ohio. This new process is in addition to the existing procedure for the dissolution of a village...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Massachusetts Legislature Finalizes Permit Extension Language – Get those permits now!

In some good news for the development community, the Massachusetts legislature has finalized language that would extend the validity of most municipal and state permits related to land development or the environment for a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Look at Increased Oversight of Financial Institutions in Florida

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For several years, leaders in the Florida executive and legislative branches have sought regulatory and legislative changes to increase banking oversight at the state level. During the 2023 legislative session, House Bill 3...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CA Supreme Court Blocks Taxpayer Protection Act from November 2024 Ballot

Constitutional limitations to raising revenue are becoming increasingly relevant for water and other governmental agencies as well as their customers and landowners in response to aging infrastructure, climate change and...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Benefits of Rhode Island’s Housing Legislation Go Beyond Housing

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In an effort to “fundamentally change [the State’s] approach to housing development, particularly for the moderate and affordable development we need most,” the Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed a slew of...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

State Seeks to Curb Appeals of Residential Building Permits in San Francisco

The land use entitlement process in California is notoriously complicated, lengthy, and fraught with uncertainty. Less attention is paid to the process of receiving building permits, post-entitlement. Generally, this process...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Assessing the Playing Field After Mississippi’s Medical Cannabis Opt-Out Deadline Expires

May 4th celebrates Star Wars, and May 5th is Cinco de Mayo. While not as popular, May 3rd still likely means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. But, in Mississippi, in 2022, May 3rd was a date circled on...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] Virginia Solar & Energy Storage 2022 Legislative Update - March 31st, 11:00 am - 11:30 am ET

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The Virginia General Assembly passed several important pieces of legislation affecting the solar and energy storage industry during its 2022 legislative session... join us on Thursday, March 31, from 11:00 – 11:30 am (ET) for...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Massachusetts Legislature Plans Big Changes for Cannabis Policy in the Commonwealth

Last week, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy (the “Committee”) released a new cannabis bill (H 174/S 72, the “Bill”) through the Committee without any opposition. The bill proposes major changes to host...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Invests Heavily in Cybersecurity

On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), unleashing over $1 trillion of federal money to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure and fund other key programs...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon Poised to Enact Expedited Land Division Allowances for Middle Housing

It is a truism to say that infill development in Oregon is fraught and expensive. This is apparently not lost on the Legislature, which over the past four years has enacted a number of laws to reduce local permitting barriers...more

Brooks Pierce

North Carolina Municipalities Pass Anti-Discrimination Ordinances

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On Dec. 1, 2020, the provision of North Carolina House Bill 142(link is external) that preempted municipalities from passing non-discrimination ordinances expired. Since then, municipalities across North Carolina have passed...more

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Amityville Prepares For Production: Avoiding the Horror with Proposed Filming Law

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With prospects of featuring its history and architecture on screen, the Village of Amityville (“Amityville“) has been considering adopting a local law to regulate filming and photography for movies, television and...more

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President Biden Proposes Massive COVID-19 Rescue Plan: Summary and Outlook

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President Joe Biden has proposed an "American Rescue Plan," which was described as an "emergency legislative package to fund vaccinations, provide immediate, direct relief to families bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis,...more

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The State of Cannabis in New York

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New York state seemed poised to legalize marijuana in 2020 – but those efforts, like so many others, were thwarted by COVID-19. However, we can expect this unfinished business to remain on the radar – with legalization seen...more

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To Live and Die in LA: Despite Increased Demand, Cannabis Retailers Still Fight for Life in Light of the Pandemic – Is Help on the...

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When we all sheltered in place in mid-March, social media accounts everywhere reflexively joked how marijuana use was about to skyrocket like wine consumption and On Demand streaming. ...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

COVID-19 - NC Legislative Update April 2020

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Thursday, April 30, was the third day of the legislative short session.  The session has dealt almost exclusively with the State’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Senate approved its response proposal by...more

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Amendments to Proposed Legislation Would Change Municipalization / Eminent Domain Takeovers of Electric, Gas and Water Utilities

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We’ve previously reported on Senate Bill 917, which was introduced on February 3, 2020, by Senator Wiener (D-San Francisco) to establish a process for a potential government takeover of investor-owned electrical, gas and...more

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Efforts at Reviving Redevelopment Continue

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There is an ongoing global pandemic and the world is rightly focused on news related to COVID-19.  Given the circumstances, other news is slipping below the radar.  Something you may have missed is another effort to revive...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 3, "Social Distancing" Edition

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Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative Liaison of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Environmental...more

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