Op-Ed: Cities Want To Give Workers Heat Breaks. States Are Stopping Them. Adam PolaskiJuly 16, 2024National, Employment, Labor, Climate Change, Environment
States Are Restricting Protests and Criminalizing Dissent Teen VogueAdam PolaskiJune 26, 2024Protests, Criminal Justice, National, Racial Justice
Tennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care Associated PressAdam PolaskiMay 29, 2024National, Gender, transgender, LGBTQ, Prosecutorial Discretion, Tennessee
State Takeovers of School Districts Still Happen. New Research Questions Their Value Adam PolaskiApril 29, 2024National, Education
Preemption And Housing: Towards A Vertical Balance Of Power ForbesAdam PolaskiApril 5, 2024Housing, National
Preemption And Housing: Dillon And The Legal Basis For State Action ForbesAdam PolaskiApril 1, 2024National, Home Rule
Pre-Preemption – Conservative states have now taken to blocking liberal cities from even thinking about legislating on behalf of their residents. The American ProspectAdam PolaskiFebruary 6, 2024National, Media Quoting LSSC
States with big climate goals strip local power to block green projects Associated PressAdam PolaskiJanuary 13, 2024Climate Change, Environment, Energy, National
Antagonisms flare as red states try to dictate how blue cities are run The Washington PostAdam PolaskiNovember 27, 2023National, Media Quoting LSSC
How school boards became one of democracy’s front lines The HillAdam PolaskiNovember 26, 2023Education, National
Less Politics Is Local: States Get Increasingly Aggressive About Pre-Emption GoverningAdam PolaskiOctober 11, 2023Media Quoting LSSC, National
The conservative juggernaut that’s quietly writing the majority out of US laws The HillAdam PolaskiOctober 9, 2023National
How Red-State Politics Are Shaving Years Off American Lives The Washington PostAdam PolaskiOctober 3, 2023National
States are banning LGBTQ+ subjects in schools. Most students say they were never taught about them anyway. The 19thAdam PolaskiAugust 17, 2023LGBTQ, Curriculum, Education, National
In the South, Challenges to Democratic Prosecutors Headline November’s Elections Bolts MagazineAdam PolaskiAugust 14, 2023Prosecutorial Discretion, Racial Justice, Criminal Justice, National
Ohioans Reject GOP Effort to Weaken Direct Democracy, in Big Win for Abortion Rights Bolts MagazineAdam PolaskiAugust 9, 2023Ohio, Abortion, Voting, Elections, National
Some cities are pushing for rent control. They’re meeting resistance. StatelineAdam PolaskiAugust 3, 2023Rent Control, Housing, National
