Monday, February 6, 2012
NOLA Defender
by Annika Mengisen
In a city with an out-of-control murder rate, opinion columnist Annika Mengisen explores New Orleans’ prospects for reining in the availability of the weapons used to do most of the killing.
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Over the last few years, the movement to promote smoke-free policies for multi-unit housing has been extremely successful. Thousands of privately own apartment buildings have voluntarily implemented policies prohibiting or significantly restricting smoking in common areas, individual units, on patios and balconies and on the entire property. Public housing authorities…
The Institute of Medicine has addressed federal and state preemption in a new report on law and policy in public health. Among the most authoritative, and unbiased, voices in public health, the IOM has concluded that federal and state preemption should be avoided “unless there are compelling reasons to the…
Taking a well-worn page from the playbook of the Tobacco Industry, the fast food industry is quietly, and so far successfully, eliminating local control over nutrition policy. In March, the Arizona legislature passed a preemption bill written by the Arizona Restaurant Association. The new law, which goes into effect in July, takes away the authority…
About 3000 Americans die in home fires every year and thousands more are injured. Home fires are the greatest cause of fire deaths and injuries, and children under five and older adults face the highest risk. One of the great public health success stories of the past decade is the grassroots movement for…
There’s been bad news on the federal preemption front recently, but there’s some good news, too. Last month, the Administrative Conference of the United States published a Recommendation for the first time in fifteen years—about preemption in federal rulemaking. The Recommendation explains a Clinton-era Executive Order (that builds upon a…
Louisiana is one of 42 states…that prohibits any political subdivision from passing an ordinance or regulation concerning the sale, purchase, or ownership of guns that’s more restrictive than state law.
Jackson was joined…by council members Phyllis Cleveland and Joe Cimperman… Cleveland, council majority leader, noted that she had voted against the trans fat ban last year…
“But I stand here in support of our mayor and our partners,” she said… We see our city power being attacked by Columbus… [O]ur right to govern ourselves is being eroded.”
“[U]nless there are compelling reasons to the contrary, the federal government ought not preempt state and local authority in advancing the public’s health.”
By TOM FAHEY State House Bureau Chief CONCORD — A second legislative attempt to block local fire and planning officials from setting rules on residential…
NY Times, June 30, 2011 By STEPHANIE STROM Several state legislatures are passing laws that prohibit municipalities and other local governments from adopting regulations aimed at…