Land Use Management
Infrastructure Update: Local Concerns Muddy a FEMA Flood Insurance Overhaul
The Biden administration faces many tricky questions from states and localities as it tries to write rules to soften the blow of increasingly devastating floods.
The Plantation and the Pizza Hut: A Suburban County Reconsiders Its History
Fairfax County, Virginia wants to add unheard voices to its story. That will require changing the way it gathers and evaluates historical information.
Timber, Condos, Glamping? States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools
Some states are getting into the development business.
Northeast ‘Ghost Forests’ Multiply as Waters Rise
COMMENTARY | New research indicates two factors behind the emergence of “ghost forests” filled with dead trees along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast.
Trump Administration Wades Into Local Zoning Dispute, Backing a Church Over a Village
Christian Fellowship Centers of New York claims the local regulations are discriminatory and unconstitutional.
The Feds Are Driving A National Policy of Sprawl
COMMENTARY | "Any legislative or policymaking approach to climate that fails to see the connections between emissions, how and where we build, and our transportation infrastructure decisions, will be destined to fail."
City Officials Push for National Housing Strategy
A new housing task force intends to publish a policy toolkit in June for localities looking to address the affordability crisis, but federal, state and private partnerships are key.
Bill in New Mexico Aims to Stymie Trump’s Border Wall Construction
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | L.A. teacher strike resolution … D.C. Council overturns mayor’s veto … Dallas STD spike … and a statewide rent control proposal in Oregon.
GOP Senator Proposes More State Control of Endangered Species Act
Sen. John Barrasso, of Wyoming, unveiled draft legislation Monday to amend one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws.
Trump Shrinks Two National Monuments in Utah
The decision significantly reduces public land designated by prior presidents.
For Governors, Zinke’s National Monument Recommendations Remain a Mystery
“Our staff has been actively requesting the information from the Interior Department, as well as the White House, and we have not yet received it,” according to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s press secretary.
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