Quick Guide to Administrative Hearings
Solicitors General Insights: The Tale of Two Washingtons — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Cannabis Law Now Podcast - Cannabis in the Show Me State: An Interview with BeLeaf Medical's Mitch Meyers
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Maryland and Pennsylvania
State AG Pulse | A FAIR Go For NY Consumers
Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
New Executive Order Targets Disparate Impact Claims Nationwide - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 14: Shaping North Carolina’s Economic Future with Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Virginia and West Virginia
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
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Wisconsin and Minnesota
4 Key Takeaways | New York Tax Developments
Fiscal differences remain as Illinois lawmaker urges for transit special session - “State Sen. Mike Simmons, D-Chicago, made the call Monday during a ceremony to mark the reopening of four Chicago Transit Authority train...more
Minnesota Adult Use Cannabis Update - We assisted multiple clients in completing and submitting their adult-use cannabis license applications to the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), and we continue to monitor how and...more
The Department of Revenue (the “Department”) recently released two documents containing its “substantive” and “clarifying” requests for legislative changes to North Carolina’s revenue laws. Most of the requests include...more
With 2024 behind us and new state legislative sessions ahead, it is a perfect time to discuss one of the most frequently asked questions received by the Vicente Economics and Research Department: How large is the intoxicating...more
Following the resignation of Phil Banks amid federal investigations into the Adams administration, Mayor Adams has announced the appointment of Chauncey Parker as the new Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. Parker has served as...more
The City of Pittsburgh, in an attempt to stem the tide of collapsing real estate tax revenues from downtown Pittsburgh commercial properties, is on the verge of passing an ordinance creating a tax exemption authorized by...more
Last Monday, the New York City Council released its response to the Mayor’s FY25 Preliminary Budget. The response identifies $6.15B in newly available funds, citing higher-than-expected tax revenue from both the current and...more
The District of Columbia’s office market, particularly Class B and C properties, is facing a calamity of epic proportions with occupancy, revenues, and valuations plummeting. Like other municipalities facing similar office...more
While Ohio municipalities generally do not rely on voted ad valorem property taxes as a primary source of funding, such taxes can serve as a useful part of a municipality’s revenue base, and state law, principally in Ohio...more
As a result of the 2023 valuation update, several counties have requested all jurisdictions, including school districts, to voluntarily give back millage to reverse the impact of inflationary increases on collections,...more
There Has Been Little Movement in Federal Legalization. This has led to cannabis investors and companies to downgrade expectations for federal legalization and focus their strategies on state reform. Federal lawmakers...more
Summary: The Texas Legislature enacted four bills that 1) expand the list of cities that can build qualified projects (i.e., hotel and convention center projects subject to certain specifications) under Texas Tax Code Chapter...more
Tax policy is an interesting animal and odd results occur whenever non-tax people get involved in developing tax policy. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) are jumping into the tax...more
Lately I’ve been thinking about the many ways by which members of the public transfer funds to government and the many reasons for which such transfers are made. After all, we’re still in the “season of giving.”...more
Legal sports gaming is coming to Ohio on January 1, 2023. Thanks to the law signed by Governor Mike DeWine (HB 29) last year, which legalized and set forth the regulatory framework for sports gaming, Ohioans will be...more
Throughout the country, large municipalities are laboratories of democracy. New and innovative policies introduced in one market are often exported to others, and ultimately replicated at the state and federal level. This...more
When is a tax statute so poorly worded that it violates due process by being unconstitutionally vague and failing to give taxpayers fair notice of their compliance obligations? On August 5, 2022, the Alaska Supreme Court...more
For the first time since adult-use legalization in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Legislature voted to pass marijuana reform legislation that will impact the cannabis industry across the Commonwealth in significant ways,...more
The HSB Economic Development team published their June 2022 news update, highlighting the following topics: Big Changes to South Carolina Property Taxes and Incentives- The big political news in South Carolina this June...more
After years of debate, Rhode Island's General Assembly voted to legalize adult-use cannabis on May 24, 2022. Governor Daniel McKee signed "The Rhode Island Cannabis Act" into law on May 25, making The Ocean State the 19th to...more
On December 3, 2021, the Maryland Comptroller published notice of its adoption of the digital advertising gross revenues tax regulations (which was originally proposed on October 8, 2021). Per the Maryland Administrative...more
On August 19, 2021, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) approved the Specially Adopted Personal Use Cannabis Rules (the “Rules”). The Rules will be effective until at least August 19, 2022. The Rules...more
DC Business & Policy Practice Group Leader Jon Bouker speaks with Co-Leader David Grosso and Senior Government Relations Director Oliver Spurgeon about what you can expect from the DC budget process during this historic year....more
The Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (the “Act”) was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 31, 2021. Not only does the Act create the foundation for the adult-use marijuana program, it contains sweeping changes...more
In case you missed it, Maryland became the first state back in February to pass a digital advertising services tax into law (and over the governor’s veto no less). The law, titled Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax, is...more