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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Government Relations Report - Week 6 Wrap-up: Property Tax, Education Reform, Red Light Cameras, Water Issues and Home Rule

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/25/2013

We have now completed six weeks of the 2013 Session of Iowa’s 85th General Assembly. The end of week five marked the first milestone: the deadline for individual bill requests. After February 15th individual legislators...more

Washington Insight - May 2012

by King & Spalding on 5/24/2012

In This Issue: - An Insider’s View - More on Campaign Subplots - The Congressional Calendar - So Much To Do, So Little Time – - Heading Towards a Debt Ceiling Standoff, Part II - Paul Volcker Testifies on His...more

Substantial Justice in Eminent Domain Proceedings: The New Date of Valuation for Privately-Owned, Public Utility Companies By:...

by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 5/15/2012

Originally published in the Mississippi Bar Litigation Section Newsletter - May 2012. In 2011, amid much fanfare, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved an initiative to amend the Mississippi Constitution to...more

Gov. Scott Asked by Conservationists to Veto SB 2142 Which Gives Legislature Power Over Water District Budgets

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 5/20/2011

Kirk Fordham, Chief Executive Officer of the Everglades Foundation has written a letter to Governor Rick Scott, asking Governor Scott to veto one of the gazillion new laws coming to him for approval from the Florida...more

Green Building Update - March 19, 2008

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/19/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: *Green homes in San Jose, California sell fast *Green Building Focus ..2nd Annual Allen Matkins/CTG Green Building Survey: Green Goes from Trend to Mainstream *Green buildings can cut emissions by 25%,...more