Curious Commonwealth asks: Why is Virginia a Dillon Rule state? VPMAdam PolaskiMarch 5, 2025Home Rule, Virginia
Democrats stage filibuster in Missouri Senate over safety bill, local control of St. Louis police KTVIAdam PolaskiMarch 5, 2025Missouri, Policing, Racial Justice
Florida Legislature Weighs Ending Property Tax, More Encroachments on Home Rule Boca MagazineAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025Home Rule, Florida, Housing
Fargo has an election method that helps mainstream candidates. North Dakota lawmakers may ban it Associated PressAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025North Dakota, Elections
Montana Senate tables two bills aimed at restricting libraries Daily MontananAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025Montana, Education, Book Bans
Montana legislators consider ban on future local Red Flag gun laws KTVQAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025Montana, Gun Safety
Mayors push for local control over short-term rentals in northern Arizona Cronkite NewsAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025Arizona, Short-Term Rentals, Housing
Op-Ed: State lawmakers eschewing expertise to control our lives The Journal GazetteAdam PolaskiMarch 4, 2025Indiana
Fighting bad governance with good citizenship The Washington PostAdam PolaskiMarch 3, 2025Home Rule, National
‘Power grab?’ Despite cross-party outcry, bill to create mighty new state agency moves forward Utah News DispatchAdam PolaskiMarch 3, 2025Utah
Ohio Republican State Senator Wants to Ban Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in Public Schools Ohio Capital JournalAdam PolaskiMarch 3, 2025Ohio, DEI, Education
Indiana legislature goes all in on its big government era Indiana Capital ChronicleAdam PolaskiMarch 3, 2025Indiana
School start times should remain local control issue Naples Daily NewsAdam PolaskiMarch 2, 2025Florida, Education
Louisville weakens laws on lead exposure, rental registries amid pressure from state GOP Louisville CourierJournalAdam PolaskiFebruary 28, 2025Kentucky, Environment
Iowa librarians push back on GOP bills as a 'thinly veiled attack on libraries' Des Moines RegisterAdam PolaskiFebruary 28, 2025Iowa, School Phone Bans
Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War ProPublicAdam PolaskiFebruary 27, 2025Missouri, Policing
Arrest a librarian? Georgia Senators to consider bill to remove 'harmful materials' Savannah NowAdam PolaskiFebruary 27, 2025Georgia, Book Bans
More than half of books banned last year featured LGBTQ characters or people of color, report finds NBC NewsAdam PolaskiFebruary 27, 2025Book Bans, LGBTQ, Racial Justice
Texas Senate revives library cuts for hosting drag story times NBC NewsAdam PolaskiFebruary 26, 2025Texas, School Phone Bans
