by Rich Smith • Mar 12, 2021 at 5:59 pm
Nebraska s Governor thinks the data shows that legalizing pot kills kids. It does not. GETTYIMAGES/UROS POTEKO
States say Biden s May 1 vaccination goal is..ambitious: After the President called on all states to open up vaccine eligibly to all residents in less than two months, governors across the country sound hopeful about meeting that goal but cautious of overpromising, reports
Politico. Some states, like Oklahoma, are still working through logistical issues related to deploying the vaccine, some worry about expanding eligibility when many high-risk people still haven’t had a chance to make appointments, and others still need more information about how much vaccine is coming to them over the next several weeks.
A U.S. District Judge in Cleveland ruled this week that the Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority when it issued a nationwide moratorium on evictions during the pandemic, according to a report in Cleveland.com. The judge, J. Philip Calabrese, said that the CDC did not have authority to issue the order under the Public Health Service Act, according to the report. The judge did not issue an injunction that would have stopped enforcement of the ban, but his ruling drew praise from a group of landlords who had sued to overturn the moratorium, the report says.
“Overreaching administrative agencies whether state or federal – may not attack Ohioans’ property rights without specific, narrow and unmistakable authority from elected legislative branches,” Maurice Thompson, an attorney representing the landlords, said, according to the report.
by Rich Smith • Mar 11, 2021 at 10:53 am
The just cause bill is one of a few major pieces of legislation aimed at preventing a wave of evictions that could exacerbate the state s homelessness crisis. ROB DOBI
Over the next few weeks lawmakers in Olympia will consider a few major pieces of legislation designed to strengthen tenant protections and help stem the tide of a potential wave of evictions set to begin at the end of the month, when the Governor s moratorium is scheduled to lift.
Next week the House will hear a big ol Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Patty Kuderer, that requires landlords to offer reasonable payment plans for tenants who got behind during the pandemic, hooks up landlords with rental assistance dollars, sets up a temporary eviction resolution program, and gives poor people facing eviction the right to an attorney. (If that last provision remains in the bill, Washington would be the first state in the country to o
OLYMPIA The Washington state House of Representatives has passed a bill that requires landlords to state a reason when terminating or refusing to renew a rental agreement.
Morning Wire: Capital gains tax, ERFC review, Bills moving DJ Wilson March 9, 2021
It’s been a busy few days ahead of the first house of origin cut off today. Things will narrow considerably from here on policy questions. Fiscal and budget questions will pick up steam later this month when budgets come out from both chambers.
It’s a time when the adage by former Republican leader Rep. Richard DeBolt sits in the back of my mind. “Forget what you’ve heard. The Democrats are not the enemy. The enemy is the Senate.”
Bicameralism at its best.
1. House of origin cutoff: what passed, from where, and from whom?