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Federal Preemption in Railroad Regulation Before Supreme Court

NLC (National League of Cities)

Do states have the authority to regulate how long trains can stop at grade crossings? Filed in November 2022, the petition arose after the Ohio Supreme Court held […] Source That, in essence, is the question presented before the Supreme Court of the United States by the State of Ohio in its action against railroad company CSX.

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Who to contact tags on poles and other utility infrastructure in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Public Service Commissions should be petitioned to make this a requirement. == Ironically, this is an issue in the park for which I am on the board. While I think it's fine to be good at identifying a problem without necessarily being good at identifying solutions, websites and newspaper columnists I hold to a higher standard. Anywhere.

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Top 100 GovTech Influencers and Brands Creating the Operating System of Government!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Government uses technology to manage internal projects and procurement, to track infrastructure, to regulate zoning — to name just a few examples. Onalytica recently published a report detailing the GovTech Top 100 Influencers and Brands.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

160D-1311 does not explicitly reference the federal CDBG regulations, nor does it solely provide authority for spending CDBG funds. 160D-1311 suggest that the CDBG regulations may be instructive when interpreting the meaning of “community development programs and activities.” To be clear, G.S. However, the origin and purpose of G.S.

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Is it really a hostile community or is it a community reacting with hostility?

Bang the Table

community members have started their own website, taking petitions door to door, leafleting the neighborhood and holding meetings in the park. Empathy is ‘implicated in many aspects of social cognition, notably prosocial behavior, morality, and the regulation of aggression. The outrage may look like: .

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Privatization of municipal utility systems (water mostly)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Britain has created big problems by privatizing its water and sewage systems, abetted by minimal regulation and even more minimal fines which seem to have zero punitive power in getting the companies to follow the law. million to NextEra Water, a private Florida company. Flint, King George's County, Virginia, etc.)