Local Regulation

A groundbreaking algorithm designed to optimize school start times meets fierce community resistance.

When Boston school leaders sought to use algorithms to redesign the bus schedule, equity remained a challenge.

Proposed D.C. legislation highlights debate over businesses that refuse cash payments.

Scholar examines ways that local governments are combating issues like obesity and asthma.

Local governments should conduct a formal analysis before designating private property as historic.

Public officials and sober living home operators dispute whether sober living homes need more oversight.

More collaboration between government, employers, and labor would help combat income inequality.

Scholar argues that policymakers should apply the substance of executive branch lethal force regulations to the police context.

City ordinance prohibiting employers from asking about past salaries remains in limbo in federal court.

State and local governments must consider the potential legal risks of their climate change policies.

Subnational governments can best succeed when their policies go beyond their own borders.

Local law will prevent landlords from screening tenants based on their criminal history.