Texas State Capitol Building in Austin. getty Texas, when it comes to governance, outperforms most states across a number of key metrics. Today, for example, Texas is home to the nation’s sixth lowest...
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State Lawmakers Seek To Stop Local Flavor Prohibitions
Ohio lawmakers passed a legislation to block locally-imposed prohibitions on flavored vape & tobacco … [+] products like the one enacted in Columbus. getty While the Biden White House contin...
SCOTUS Shouldn’t Let Federal Flip-Flop On Airline Deregulation & Preemption Fly
Close-up of paper showing logos of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America in advance of the merger of … [+] the two airlines, on a light wooden surface, September 19, 2017. (Photo by Smith Collectio...
Why States Continue To Overrule Local Regulation Of Fossil Fuels
Tennessee is poised to become the latest state to preempt local regulations restricting fossil fuel … [+] usage and infrastructure. getty Like their counterparts in many other state capitals, Te...