Across America, efforts to enact new city and county health, safety, workplace and environmental ordinances are the focus of a growing trend: they are being preempted by state legislation that undermines local democracy.
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That’s why the Mayors Innovation Project, the State Innovation Exchange and the Rockefeller Family Fund are inviting elected officials to a daylong workshop on maintaining local control. The workshop will be held directly before the National Conference of State Legislators Capitol Forum in DC.
http://www.mayorsinnovation.org/events/Workshop-Protecting-Locally-Enacted-Health-Economic-Environmental-Civil-Rig