FL AG Uthmeier is threatening public officials with personal lawsuits after a police department tried to ban firearms at a street festival – which municipalities aren’t allowed to do because of abusive preemption laws around gun regulation.
Learn more: www.tampafp.com/florida-ag-t...
This year, our team started tracking AI-related abusive preemption following a slate of bills across nine states that block municipalities from restricting data center development, regulating AI usage, & more. Read this great piece from Route Fifty 📡 www.route-fifty.com/artificial-i...
The last few weeks in Nashville have been an outright assault on local authority across TN through abusive preemption. State lawmakers just passed laws impacting local control of airports, utility boards, immigration, taxes, and more. Get the facts: wpln.org/post/assault...
TN lawmakers have pushed forward egregious abusive preemption this year, with a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills that target trans communities – & 2 bills that would track trans adult healthcare and move trans women into men’s prisons just became law. Learn more:
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Earlier this year, the City Council of Tucson, AZ passed a law to prevent ICE agents from using city-owned properties without a warrant. Now, the legislature is considering ways to use abusive preemption to force them to cooperate with ICE. Get the facts: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
AI companies have been pressuring state legislatures to block local governments from any AI regulations, even when communities want protections. Learn more in this @routefifty.bsky.social piece interviewing Leslie Zellers from our legal team: www.route-fifty.com/artificial-i...
Not all preemption is bad, but many state governments are ABUSING preemption to restrict the power of local governments & undermine our democracy. Learn more via a recent interview with our Lead Consultant Katie Belanger & Jennifer White on @npr.org's 1A: www.npr.org/2026/05/06/n...
“Local authority is being steadily narrowed not through a single sweeping reform, but through a series of targeted legislative interventions that collectively reshape the balance of governance.”
Home rule is under attack in Arizona. Learn more: azcapitoltimes.com/news/2026/05...
Since the start of the second Trump admin, we’ve tracked a record number of abusive preemption bills – which are harming our democracy & driving our slide towards authoritarianism. Learn more in this @theprogressivemag.bsky.social interview with LSSC’s Katie Belanger: progressive.org/latest/the-p...
We’ve tracked over 900 abusive preemption bills in 2026, & the most egregious preemption efforts have been driven by FL, OK, and TN – often through anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, & anti-business regulation legislation. Get the facts via @theprogressivemag.bsky.social: progressive.org/latest/the-p...
