Sarah L. Swan
Sep 171 min read
Swan's Picks Week of September 16
Here are the picks for this week: Can the city of Savannah fine or jail people for leaving guns in unlocked cars? A judge weighs in | AP...
Sarah L. Swan
Aug 261 min read
Swan's Picks, Back to School Edition
Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights | AP News Council passes subsidized housing tenant’s...
Sarah L. Swan
Aug 51 min read
Swan's Picks for the Week of August 5
We'll be taking a two week break for some R&R before the fall rush starts. Here are the picks for the week. Back soon. Play Streets for...
SLoG Law
Aug 51 min read
State Constitutions & The Limits of Criminal Punishments
We're please to share this announcement from Robert Williams, the dean of State Constitutional Law: State Constitutions & The Limits of...
Sarah L. Swan
Jul 291 min read
Swan's Picks Week of July 29
You can pan for gold at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Locals need it as a pharmacy, too : NPR Inside the two-year fight to bring charges...
Sarah L. Swan
Jul 221 min read
Swan's Picks for the Week of July 22
Here are the picks for this week. Just a typical sleepy summer week, right? Many high-ranking Detroit officials don’t live in city,...
Sarah L. Swan
Jul 151 min read
Swan's Picks Week of July 15
Opinion | Why Are Housing Costs So High? The Elevator Can Explain Why. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) A Remarkable Comeback - The New...
Sarah L. Swan
Jul 81 min read
Swan's Picks July 8
Here are the picks for the week. Vending machines selling bullets at grocery stores - cleveland.com Kansas’ top court strikes down 2...
Sarah L. Swan
Jul 11 min read
Swan's Picks July 1
SCOTUS end of term opinion releases may claim the attention of most, but lots of other stuff is happening at the same time. Here's a...
Janet Bering and Christine Billy
Jun 257 min read
What States and Cities Can Do This Summer to Unlock FEMA Funding for Extreme Heat
To successfully unlock FEMA funding for extreme heat emergencies, states and localities need to start tracking the true costs of responding
Sarah L. Swan
Jun 241 min read
Swan's Picks Week of June 24
Here are the picks for the week. And if you are feeling the heat, we also will have a feature this week on FEMA and heat emergencies....
Sarah L. Swan
Jun 181 min read
Swan's Picks Week of June 17
Texas court continues ban on Harris County guaranteed income (chron.com) Indicted Gibson Co. Sheriff directed $1.4M to company he owned...
Sarah L. Swan
Jun 101 min read
Swan's Picks for June 10
There is a lot going on, but for some of us, at least, New York Governor Kathy Hochul's sudden about-face on congestion pricing in New...
Sarah L. Swan
May 291 min read
Swan's Picks May 29
We hope everyone had a meaningful Memorial Day weekend. Is something going on in Foley Square New York City? There is an aura of...
Sarah L. Swan
May 171 min read
Swan's Picks May 17
llegal Votes Trigger Re-Do in Houston Judicial Election (bloomberglaw.com) After Houston police chief retired amid scandal over dropped...
Sarah L. Swan
May 131 min read
Swan's Picks, May 13
A Highway Split Their Community. Efforts to Fix That Face Opposition. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) A decade after water crisis,...
Sarah L. Swan
May 71 min read
Swan's Picks for May 7
Americans give federal, state, local governments lower marks than in past years | Pew Research Center California law that ended...
Sarah L. Swan
Apr 301 min read
Swan's Picks for April 29
Great symposium at Yale this weekend on state and local government law! Kudos to the YLJ Board for producing a great event, and at the...
Sarah L. Swan
Apr 191 min read
Swan's Pick April 19
Fresh picks. The New York Times op-ed would make a great reading for your local government law class. Homicides Are Plummeting in...
Sarah L. Swan
Apr 151 min read
Swan's Picks Tax Day
And God Said, Let There Be Housing (residenturbanist.com) Court tells wealthy NJ town: We'll decide where you'll put affordable housing -...
Sarah L. Swan
Apr 51 min read
Swan's Picks April 5
What William Whyte Understood About 'Hostile Architecture' - Bloomberg All Law Students Should be Educated About State Constitutions |...
Sarah L. Swan
Apr 11 min read
Swan's Picks, No Tricks
Woman Had to Move Out of Tiny Home Over City $1,000 a Day Fine Threat (businessinsider.com) Bryan Stevenson Reclaims the Monument, in the...
Sarah L. Swan
Mar 251 min read
Swan's Picks March 25
Michigan Counties Allegedly Ban Jail Visits for Videochat Profits (theappeal.org) Miami gets $60 million grant for Overtown park -Miami...
Sarah L. Swan
Mar 181 min read
Swan's Picks for March 18
Who will be left to pay for rural Iowa's roads? • Iowa Capital Dispatch Voters Ready for Return of “Tough on Crime” (governing.com)...