Preemption in the News View All News Topics TruthOut Adam Polaski 10/9/25 TruthOut Adam Polaski 10/9/25 Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments Read More Bloomberg Adam Polaski 9/16/25 Bloomberg Adam Polaski 9/16/25 Missouri Fight Over Labor Laws Marks Rising Nationwide Tensions Read More The American Prospect Adam Polaski 9/15/25 The American Prospect Adam Polaski 9/15/25 Republicans Escalate Their War on America’s Cities Read More Inc. Adam Polaski 6/14/25 Inc. Adam Polaski 6/14/25 How DOGE Is Spreading to the State Level Read More Adam Polaski 6/10/25 Adam Polaski 6/10/25 Your town, their rules Read More Bay Area Reporter Adam Polaski 3/25/25 Bay Area Reporter Adam Polaski 3/25/25 LGBTQ Agenda: Advocates warn preemption doctrine stifling progress toward equality Read More Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 3/20/25 Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 3/20/25 Florida's GOP-led Legislature aims to limit the power of city, county governments Read More The Coffman Chronicles Adam Polaski 2/25/25 The Coffman Chronicles Adam Polaski 2/25/25 Who Runs Your City? Not You, If the GOP Has Its Way Read More The Washington Post Adam Polaski 2/4/25 The Washington Post Adam Polaski 2/4/25 Red states, following Trump’s lead, pursue sweeping immigration measures Read More Pluribus News Adam Polaski 1/31/25 Pluribus News Adam Polaski 1/31/25 State preemption is a key to Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown Read More Adam Polaski 10/16/24 Adam Polaski 10/16/24 Preemption Playbook: Big Tech’s Blueprint Comes Straight from Big Tobacco Read More Nonprofit Quarterly Adam Polaski 9/4/24 Nonprofit Quarterly Adam Polaski 9/4/24 Organizing the South—How Black Workers Are Challenging Corporate Power Read More Adam Polaski 5/7/24 Adam Polaski 5/7/24 The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments’ power to pass their own laws Read More Slate Adam Polaski 2/22/24 Slate Adam Polaski 2/22/24 A Potent Weapon for Red States to Undermine Reform Prosecutors Read More Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 2/14/24 Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 2/14/24 With Florida seen as solidly Republican red, DeSantis and GOP clamp down on blue cities Read More The American Prospect Adam Polaski 2/6/24 The American Prospect Adam Polaski 2/6/24 Pre-Preemption – Conservative states have now taken to blocking liberal cities from even thinking about legislating on behalf of their residents. Read More Route Fifty Adam Polaski 1/11/24 Route Fifty Adam Polaski 1/11/24 States increasingly join the land use reform rodeo Read More The Washington Post Adam Polaski 11/27/23 The Washington Post Adam Polaski 11/27/23 Antagonisms flare as red states try to dictate how blue cities are run Read More Adam Polaski 11/13/23 Adam Polaski 11/13/23 After fierce debate, Texas ‘death star’ law has yet to be used in Houston, other big cities Read More Governing Adam Polaski 10/11/23 Governing Adam Polaski 10/11/23 Less Politics Is Local: States Get Increasingly Aggressive About Pre-Emption Read More Older Posts
TruthOut Adam Polaski 10/9/25 TruthOut Adam Polaski 10/9/25 Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments Read More
Bloomberg Adam Polaski 9/16/25 Bloomberg Adam Polaski 9/16/25 Missouri Fight Over Labor Laws Marks Rising Nationwide Tensions Read More
The American Prospect Adam Polaski 9/15/25 The American Prospect Adam Polaski 9/15/25 Republicans Escalate Their War on America’s Cities Read More
Inc. Adam Polaski 6/14/25 Inc. Adam Polaski 6/14/25 How DOGE Is Spreading to the State Level Read More
Bay Area Reporter Adam Polaski 3/25/25 Bay Area Reporter Adam Polaski 3/25/25 LGBTQ Agenda: Advocates warn preemption doctrine stifling progress toward equality Read More
Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 3/20/25 Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 3/20/25 Florida's GOP-led Legislature aims to limit the power of city, county governments Read More
The Coffman Chronicles Adam Polaski 2/25/25 The Coffman Chronicles Adam Polaski 2/25/25 Who Runs Your City? Not You, If the GOP Has Its Way Read More
The Washington Post Adam Polaski 2/4/25 The Washington Post Adam Polaski 2/4/25 Red states, following Trump’s lead, pursue sweeping immigration measures Read More
Pluribus News Adam Polaski 1/31/25 Pluribus News Adam Polaski 1/31/25 State preemption is a key to Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown Read More
Adam Polaski 10/16/24 Adam Polaski 10/16/24 Preemption Playbook: Big Tech’s Blueprint Comes Straight from Big Tobacco Read More
Nonprofit Quarterly Adam Polaski 9/4/24 Nonprofit Quarterly Adam Polaski 9/4/24 Organizing the South—How Black Workers Are Challenging Corporate Power Read More
Adam Polaski 5/7/24 Adam Polaski 5/7/24 The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments’ power to pass their own laws Read More
Slate Adam Polaski 2/22/24 Slate Adam Polaski 2/22/24 A Potent Weapon for Red States to Undermine Reform Prosecutors Read More
Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 2/14/24 Tallahassee Democrat Adam Polaski 2/14/24 With Florida seen as solidly Republican red, DeSantis and GOP clamp down on blue cities Read More
The American Prospect Adam Polaski 2/6/24 The American Prospect Adam Polaski 2/6/24 Pre-Preemption – Conservative states have now taken to blocking liberal cities from even thinking about legislating on behalf of their residents. Read More
Route Fifty Adam Polaski 1/11/24 Route Fifty Adam Polaski 1/11/24 States increasingly join the land use reform rodeo Read More
The Washington Post Adam Polaski 11/27/23 The Washington Post Adam Polaski 11/27/23 Antagonisms flare as red states try to dictate how blue cities are run Read More
Adam Polaski 11/13/23 Adam Polaski 11/13/23 After fierce debate, Texas ‘death star’ law has yet to be used in Houston, other big cities Read More
Governing Adam Polaski 10/11/23 Governing Adam Polaski 10/11/23 Less Politics Is Local: States Get Increasingly Aggressive About Pre-Emption Read More
