"This is the first time in over a decade that Sandra has had the opportunity to meet other orangutans," said the director of the Center for Great Apes of the orangutan. This article by the associated press was published on the NBC News' website on November 9th, 2019. WAUCHULA, Fla. — A 33-year-old orangutan granted [...]
The push for more local control upends the typical pattern of Westerners fighting against regulation. This article by Carl Segerstrom was published in High Country News on October 23th, 2019. With both hands in the pockets of his khakis, Loren Wand wavered nervously on a small stage at Bier One Brewing in Newport, Oregon. A gathering [...]
This article by Chauncey Ross was published in the Indiana Gazette on October 5th, 2019. PITTSBURGH — Six years after a plan for a drilling waste-disposal injection well was first revealed in northern Indiana County and after area residents banded together against it, lawyers waged another battle Friday in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. The dispute centers [...]
The news story by the Media News Group appeared in the Daily Local News on October 4th, 2019. EXTON — State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-155th Dist., has announced a proposal for an amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution. Otten’s amendment, H.B. 1813, would allow municipal governments to enact laws protecting the health and safety of [...]
This article by Dana Drugmand was published in YES! magazine on August 31, 2016. In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature. The Pacific Northwest’s most iconic species—the orcas that live in the Salish Sea year-round—are on the brink [...]
This article by Jim Saunders was published in the Orlando Weekly on July 29th, 2019. State governments don't just stop at preempting gun laws. For instance, back in 2014, the citizens of Denton, Texas banned hydraulic fracturing within its city limits. Months later the State of Texas stepped in and overruled the local law with [...]
This article by Amy Oberlin appeared on the kpcNews website on July 14th, 2019. BRYAN, Ohio — A Williams County, Ohio citizens’ charter initiative to establish home role is running up against road blocks and deadlines. Monday, the Williams County Board of Elections deemed the charter — signed by 2,534 Ohio residents — unconstitutional. Tish [...]
This article by Matt Rothschild was published on the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's website on June 28, 2019. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: Reading this article was like a kick in the gut for me this morning. One of the hopes in the community rights movement is for citizens [...]
This article by Jim Provance appeared in The Toledo Blade on June 11th, 2019. COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate on Tuesday put its first stamp on the state’s next two-year budget by calling for the investment of $172 million into the health of Lake Erie and other Ohio waterways while also maneuvering to make toothless [...]
This article by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center appeared in the Daily Star Journal on May 28th, 2019. The 2019 legislative session came to an end and clearly demonstrated how willfully out of touch Gov. Mike Parson and our state legislature are with Missourians from every corner of the state and all walks of life. [...]
