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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Growing Rural/Metro Schism in the Minnesota House

by Gail Kulick | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 3/29/2013

The downside to being in the majority in any partisan legislative body is the difficulty of managing a diverse group of members. This challenge is very evident this session in the Minnesota House of Representatives;...more

MISS Dig Bills Pass In Michigan Senate, Stall In House

by Aaron M. Phelps | Varnum LLP on 12/21/2012

Legislation creating a new MISS Dig law passed the Michigan Senate on November 29 in a 26-12 vote, but failed to make it through the House before the 2012 Legislative Session closed on December 13. Supporters plan to...more

Capital Thinking Update - April 23, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/1/2012

General Legislative On Monday, April 23, 2012, the House will meet in pro forma session at 11:00 a.m. with no votes expected. On Tuesday, April 24, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and at 2:00 p.m. for...more

Ninth Circuit Ruling that Rainwater Runoff from Logging Roads Is a Point Source Discharge Requiring NPDES Permitting Is Under...

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 1/23/2012

In August, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in NEDC v. Brown, in which the court overturned more than 35 years of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing storm...more

Congress Challenges Longstanding Clean Water Act

by SEO | Law Firm on 7/21/2011

By Krystina Steffen, staff In Good Practice writer – July 21, 2011 Rein in the Environmental Protection Agency or turn back the clock 40 years? The House of Representatives passed H.R.2018, the Clean Water Cooperative...more

Florida’s 2011 Legislative Session: Tracking Fertilizer and Agriculture

by Akerman Senterfitt on 4/27/2011

Florida’s 2011 Legislative Session is shaping up to provide agricultural interests with sweeping regulatory relief. Akerman is currently tracking legislation that includes the centralized agency review of fertilizer...more