Following the devastating fires in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-4-25 to expedite recovery and rebuilding efforts. Released on January 12, 2025, the Order suspends...more
On November 11, 2021, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, in coordination with State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs and MEMA Executive Director Stephen McCraney, announced Mississippi’s COVID-19 State of Emergency (“SOE”) would be...more
The public, at least in the Gulf South, is used to hearing terms such as “executive order” and “state of emergency.” Yet what do those terms mean, where do they come from and why do they matter? As the COVID-19 pandemic...more