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Using the Inflation Reduction Act to Combat Urban Heat

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Credit: UnSplash By opening up new tax credits for tax-exempt entities, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides a vehicle to fund smart surface projects while increasing solar electricity generation. Municipalities are subdivisions of the state that have only the authority granted to them by state law.

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Reminder: Issue Ads Require Public File Disclosures Even Outside Political Windows

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a zoning controversy or a school bond issue). write your representative in insert state capital here and tell them to vote against the bill to impose a tax on bottles or to vote for a funding proposal for the new sports stadium). They can be taking positions on local issues (e.g.,

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Catawba Indian Nation Passes Banking Code Intended to Attract Fintech Companies

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Towards the end of April 2023, the Catawba Indian Nation passed a new Banking and Financial Services Code as part of the Tribe’s efforts to build a “Digital Economic Zone” that is tailored to attract banks and fintech companies to its small tribal reservation outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP, 965 F.3d

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that it had inherent authority outside of Section 307(d)(7)(B) to issue the stay.)

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Stanford Professor Withdrew Defamation Lawsuit Against Author and Publisher of Article That Critiqued Professor’s Article.

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