Staff proposed limiting non-emergency generator use (50 hours/year testing), forbidding diesel as primary power, and including a "100% renewable energy to the greatest extent feasible" expectation, but noted state preemption prevents requiring all-electric construction.

State Senator Michael Webber told the Utica City Council he helped secure $3,730,000 for local water-main replacements, described changes in revenue sharing and urged vigilance on proposed state housing preemption and data-center transparency bills.

After a lengthy and heated discussion about state preemption and local authority, New Castle County Council declined to adopt state‑aligned zoning changes for marijuana retail and related facilities; the measure failed when most members recorded 'not voting.'

Seattle King County and UW presenters told the LCB that state statutory preemption restricts local licensing and point-of-sale controls for vaping and tobacco products; board members requested and received RCW citations to review options at the legislature.

Moira O’Neill (University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco; University of California, Berkeley - Institute for Urban and Regional Development) has posted Toward an Equilibrium: When State Preemption of Zoning Serves Localism on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Cities’ power over land use is substantial but not absolute. When local zoning blocks affordable housing for low- and middle-income people, states may step in to take back local zoning power previously granted to cities.

Rep. Lori Trahan wants to take AI safety out of your hands. Trahan (MA-3) has teamed up with Republican Jay Obernolte on the FRONTIER Act, stripping every…

The State told the Alabama Supreme Court that subsection e copies section 208 of the Voting Rights Act and therefore carries the federal provision's meaning; the State said that reading answers the preemption question and that further disputes about §208 scope can be litigated later.

The appellate panel split from other circuits in holding that the contracts are not swaps under the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction. Kalshi is asking the Sixth Circuit to rehear a case involving state o...

After heated debate about state‑level changes to local marijuana siting rules and the burden of unfunded mandates, council defeated Ordinance 26‑105 in a roll call that recorded a majority not voting; members criticized the General Assembly for overriding local zoning work.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost opposed proposals to shift dredge-and-fill permitting to state control, saying it would weaken endangered-species protections and shift burdens onto working families; state lawmakers and local officials warned about preemption and the need to follow science.