by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, Harriet Hageman
Anyone with a lick of sense knew that smothering our economy would severely curtail the ability of local governments to generate sales tax revenue. Whether the doors of restaurants and other businesses are shut tight and sealed, such as in New York City and Los...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog, Harriet Hageman
One fundamental problem with having agencies in Washington, DC issue thousands of regulations that apply to everyone and everywhere in the country is that there is simply no way for them to consider the thousands of ways in which their one-size-fits-all...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, Harriet Hageman
On Friday the 13th of March, President Trump issued his “Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak.” In the ensuing 4 ½ months Governors across the country have used executive orders to lockdown their...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | May 29, 2020 | Blog, Harriet Hageman
As we poke our heads above ground to survey the damage visited on our shores by the coronavirus, it is imperative that we move forward with an intelligent, focused, and effective plan of action for rebuilding the economies and promise of our communities, our...
by NCLA | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Harriet Hageman
Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt has been working for over six months to relocate certain senior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) personnel out of Washington, DC to offices located in the interior west. As a native Wyomingite I can speak from personal experience...
by nclaadmin | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Harriet Hageman
Despite the fact that both the Constitution and Administrative Procedure Act prohibit the practice, federal agencies often engage in the common-place tactic of issuing informal interpretations, fact sheets, and other forms of “guidance,” the practical outcome of which...