6.28.18
#DefendLocal in The New York Times on California Soda Tax Preemption
As California labor advocates and business groups looked to strike a compromise that would ban local soda taxes through 2030,... Read more »
5.30.18
#DefendLocal in Sun-Sentinel: A Fight Worth Winning
Recently, CDLS member and Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley authored an op-ed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper about... Read more »
5.13.18
WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami on #DefendLocal Gun Violence Town Hall
On May 12, #DefendLocal held a town hall meeting and film screening on gun violence at Silverspot Cinema in Coconut... Read more »
5.9.18
#DefendLocal Member Dan Daley in The Wall Street Journal on Gun Preemption
Following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, many local officials have looked into ways to introduce common-sense... Read more »
4.11.18
#DefendLocal on Unconstitutional Punitive Firearms Preemption
As more and more Florida cities join lawsuits against the State of Florida over its unconstitutional firearms preemption laws, the... Read more »
3.25.18
The Nation: How to Join the Movement to End Gun Violence
Heading into the historic #MarchForOurLives weekend of millions demanding gun reforms, The Nation Magazine highlighted several actions people could take... Read more »
1.18.18
Court Orders Nonprofit Law Firm to Pay $52,000 to Oil and Gas Company for Defending Local Fracking Waste Ban
#DefendLocal was mentioned in a troubling post from DesmogBlog about corporate interests chilling challenges to state preemption laws. A nonprofit... Read more »
10.2.17
NBC News: Cities Have a Good Idea? Not Unless the State Says So.
“It feels a lot like a lot like being forced into submission, like we’re being bullied,” said Andrew Gillum, the... Read more »
9.18.17
Cities and counties are playing defense in 2018 session
Article from the Tallahassee Democrat that details how we can expect to see broad “Blanket Preemption” return in 2018, similar... Read more »
8.29.17
The Progressive: Local Governments Face a Conservative Backlash
The Progressive Magazine recently featured #DefendLocal in an article on cities facing a backlash from state legislatures for passing local... Read more »
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