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Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
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Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 14: Shaping North Carolina’s Economic Future with Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley
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ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 19 - Power Struggles: Federal vs. State Authority in Energy Law
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez – Innovative Approach to Safety
Business Better Podcast Episode - Manufacturing Moment: How State Associations Navigate the Policy Landscape
CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
AGG Talks: Development Podcast Series - Episode 1: Powering Georgia: Energy Resilience, Data Centers, and Clean Innovation
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward Simmer of SC Dept of Public Health
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in South Dakota and North Dakota
Bridging the Gap: How CivicReach is Revolutionizing Government Customer Service
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 13: Economic Development in Rural Alabama with Valerie Gray and Lori Huguley of VaLor Strategies
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“Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue shortfall for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. Federal pandemic aid has all been allocated and the...more
In this episode of our "Florida Capital Conversations" podcast series, Equine Industry Team Leader Kayla Pragid and Public Affairs Advisor Tori Deal delve into the diverse aspects of Florida's equine industry. Ms. Pragid...more
In City of New York v Ball, 2024 NY Slip Op 24179 [Sup Ct, Albany County 2024], the Albany County Supreme Court upheld a determination of the Commissioner (“Commissioner”) of the Department of Agriculture and Markets...more
The General Assembly reconvened for Legislative Day 36 on Monday with lawmakers and lobbyists hoping to keep a little luck of the Irish going into the penultimate week of the legislative session. With only four legislative...more
Legislators considered dozens of policy bills this week in advance of the May 4 crossover deadline (the date by which policy bills must pass one chamber to remain eligible)....more
The North Carolina General Assembly resumed its session this week after a legislative spring break last week. Legislators hit the ground running with back-to-back committee meetings in both chambers, hearing dozens of bills....more
Senators began working on the budget bill this week and members considered bills on many topics. Given the approach of the May 4 crossover deadline (the date by which policy bills must pass one chamber to remain eligible),...more
KTS Strategies brings years of experience providing clients in a diverse range of industries with comprehensive policy and advocacy advice before federal, state, and local agencies. In North Carolina, we advise local...more
Before the North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up the effective end to their 2022 Long Session late last month, lawmakers enacted critical legislation – Senate Bill 455 – which kept hemp and CBD-related products legal in...more
The North Carolina General Assembly made up for several weeks without official business in Raleigh by introducing multiple wide-ranging pieces of legislation in back-to-back committee meetings throughout the week. Following a...more
Creating an agriculture overtime law is a top priority of democrats in the current 2022 legislative short session that began on February 1, 2022. The introduced bill, House Bill 4002, would impose a 40-hour overtime pay...more
North Carolina is growing, and it is not showing any signs of stopping. According to newly released Census data Thursday, the Tar Heel State grew 9.5% over the past decade, adding 903,905 residents. Nearly 80% of that growth...more
On Monday morning, Republican Senators lined up in the newly renovated Legislative Building auditorium for a press conference. Flanking Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on both sides, Republicans appeared unified as...more
Newly Issued Permanent Rules On July 23, 2020, the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) issued the second set of permanent rules related to the Oregon Corporative Activity Tax (“CAT”). The DOR issued four permanent rules, all...more
North Carolina continues to operate under Governor Roy Cooper's Phase 2, Safer at Home, extension, which was issued through Executive Order 151. After announcing that the state will continue to operate under Phase 2 measures...more
The General Assembly continued its work this week, with the goal of wrapping up the short session by the end of June. Lawmakers traditionally try to finish session by the end of June, but in recent years sessions have spilled...more
The laws and regulations of the U.S. and each individual state are evolving at a significant pace concerning one genus of flowering plants, and mostly with a tender embrace. Despite being criminalized for the greater part...more
The Texas Legislature’s 86th session adjourned on May 27, 2019, and there is little likelihood that the governor will call a special session. The legislature primarily focused on educational reforms this year. Regarding...more
From healthcare to hemp, members of the North Carolina General Assembly pushed through another week of long floor sessions and packed committee meetings. A number of bills that have been waiting for their day in committee...more
North Carolina lawmakers wasted no time after the long holiday weekend with the Senate jumping right into their budget rollout and the House holding various committee meetings and floor vote sessions. Senate leadership began...more
Budget appropriations meetings continued this week at the General Assembly as a number of substantive bills were introduced on a variety of topics. Farm Act of 2019 (S315) - The annual bill to make various changes in...more
Agriculture - THE NEWS & OBSERVER: A 145-year-old tobacco company gets into the CBD oil business in North Carolina In a former tobacco warehouse in a city that once touted itself as the “world’s greatest tobacco market,”...more
A Land Court ruling late last week chipped away at the several arguments raised by local opponents to a large proposed grow operation in Charlton, Massachusetts. See Valley Green Grow, Inc. v. Charlton, 2019 WL 1087930 (Land...more
The legislature continued its slow start to the 2019 session, with the Senate holding skeletal sessions most of the week and the House only having a few committee meetings. Legislative leaders have indicated that the slow...more
The General Assembly will re-convene Wednesday, January 30th. Both the House and the Senate plan to gavel in at noon that day. The start of session is expected to be slow as new legislators ease into the legislative process....more