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Ohio Changes Community Reinvestment Area Exemptions

Ohio Senate Bill 33 (S.B. 33), which makes significant changes to the Ohio’s laws regulating Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) incentives, goes into effect April 3, 2023. Introduced in early 2021, S.B. 33 aggressively expands...more

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Armenian municipalities turn attention to ethics

ethikos 34, no. 4 (April 2020) According to a March 4, 2020, Council of Europe news release, “Around 80 representatives of Armenian local and national authorities, civil society and international organisations met on 4...more

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New Economic Development Subsidy Requirements

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AB 485 to Promote Greater Oversight and Transparency - Local agencies must now provide specific information to the public before approving economic development subsidies for warehouse distribution centers in its...more

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BB&K Attorney Gary Schons Conducting Review of Police Use of Communication App - TigerText, Used in Long Beach, Automatically...

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The City of Long Beach has hired Best Best & Krieger LLP Of Counsel Gary Schons to conduct an independent investigation into the Long Beach Police Department’s use of a controversial communications app. TigerText, which...more

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AB 748: More Public Access To Body Camera Footage Under PRA - Amendment To California Law Gives Public Agencies More...

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The California public will have a greater right to access police body camera footage, and any other audio or video recording acquired by any police agency or state prosecution office, under the Public Records Act with the...more

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British Columbia Takes Action to Reform Municipal Campaign Finance

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Further to our article of October 10, 2017, we note that on October 30, 2017, the government of British Columbia introduced amendments to the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act that will change municipal campaign...more

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SEC Proposes Additional Event Disclosures for Municipal Bond Issuers

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On March 1, 2017, the Securities Exchange Commission voted in open meeting to propose amendments to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 adding two event notices to the current fourteen required in...more

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Florida Appellate Court: Open Meetings Law Applies to Collective Bargaining

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In a crucial victory for transparency, a Florida state appeals court ruled that the state's open meetings law will not "condone hiding behind federal mediation" when municipal governments try "to thwart the requirements of...more

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The Dodd-Frank Act And Municipal Advisor Rules

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act was enacted in response to the financial crisis that began in...more

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Bipartisan Group of Senators Advance Additional Municipal Debt Reform Legislation

A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania Senators led by Senators John Eichelberger (R) and Rob Teplitz (D), the majority and minority chairs of the Senate’s Local Government Committee, and including Senators Mike Folmer (R) and...more

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