STATES TO WATCH FOR LEGALIZATION - AUGUST 2019 MEDICAL CANNABIS UPDATES Washington DC Medical Expansion Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration has been favorable to medical marijuana with a focus on patients and expanded access through the acceptance of more out-of-state medical cannabis cards. Cards from over two dozen states are now recognized at local [...]
With Labor Day just around the corner, Americans all across the country will be hitting the road for their last vacations before the unofficial end of summer. According to reporting by AAA, average gas prices are the lowest they've been in three years - an important factor for those of us hitting the road for [...]
State Spotlight: Building Code Legislation in 2019 Too many headlines over the past few years have contained tragic headlines of substandard building and fire safety regulations risking lives, injuring firefighters, and costing millions in damages. Two recent incidents in the United States include a student housing fire in Fresno, California on August 18, 2019 and [...]
Too many headlines over the past few years have contained tragic headlines of substandard building and fire safety regulations risking lives, injuring firefighters, and costing millions in damages. Two recent incidents in the United States include a student housing fire in Fresno, California on August 18, 2019 and an apartment complex fire which left two [...]
New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Anti-Gerrymandering Bill New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Chris Sununu vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have created an independent state redistricting commission as a remedy to the state’s record of partisan gerrymandering. The bill (H.B. 706) would have allowed the state legislature to nominate 20 registered voters that 1) were not statewide [...]
This Week in Washington Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that gun legislation will be at the top of the Senate’s agenda once legislators return from the August recess. Presently, background checks for firearm purchases is the topic with the most consensus with the Manchin-Toomey bill a candidate for floor debate. That bill would [...]
As we find ourselves at the height of the summer vacation season, we thought it might be a good time to review the status of some of the new and pending short-term rental regulations, commonly referred to as Airbnb laws, around the country. In March, we reviewed newly enacted legislation, some of which actually went [...]
In February, we brought you the latest update on sports betting heading into 2019. Since then, significant progress has been made in a number of states across the country, while others saw their legal sports betting dreams fizzle out with the end of the legislation session. In places like Kentucky and Texas, intially high hopes [...]
Congress has been rushing to tie up any loose legislative ends before going into recess, allowing members to return to their states & districts for the August district work period. The House of Representatives passed legislation raising the debt ceiling and setting the federal budget in a bipartisan deal with President Trump. The bill allows [...]
US House Mulls Fixes to CIG Transit Grants The House Transportation Committee has begun to consider what the next surface transportation bill will look like, especially for the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA)’s Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program The CIG program has been scrutinized by Congress for its complexity and the slow rate of grant issuance [...]
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