Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability
Some communities have passed laws that prevent serial law-breaking corporations from doing busines within their community.… Read More
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Unified Development Budgets
Unified Development Budgets
As Greg LeRoy (GoodJobsFirst)points out, "As states grapple with their worst deficits in more than half a century, policymakers seek better data to help with...
In-State Processing Requirement
In-State Processing Requirement
Logging communities (or agricultural and mining communities in general) gain little when their principal resource is exported unprocessed. In the case of wood, every million...
Initiative and Referendum
Initiative and Referendum
Initiatives and referendums are one of this country’s forms of direct democracy. There is no national initiative or referendum process in the United States, but...
Proportional Representation
Proportional Representation
While some reformers believe that campaign finance reform will cure many of the ills of our election process, others feel the key is proportional representation,...
Civil Rights Protection
Civil Rights Protection
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) is leading the charge in encouraging communities around the country to enact some form of a Civil Liberties...
Worker Cooperative Corporations Statute – Vermont
Worker Cooperative Corporations Statute – Vermont
Vermont’s Worker Cooperative Corporations Act. (Added 1985).… Read More
Employee Cooperative Corporations General Law – Massachusetts
Employee Cooperative Corporations General Law – Massachusetts
Massachusetts law governing employee ownership.… Read More
Cooperative Statutes – Maine
Cooperative Statutes – Maine
Any 3 or more natural persons or 2 or more associations may incorporate in this State under this cooperative ownership statute.… Read More
Worker Cooperative Corporations Act – Connecticut
Worker Cooperative Corporations Act – Connecticut
Connecticut’s law governing the formation and operation of worker cooperatives.… Read More
Venture Capital – Manitoba Model
Venture Capital – Manitoba Model
This act established the Crocus Fund in response to capital flight from Manitoba. Its primary objective is to retain Manitoba capital in Manitoba and use...
Financial Transaction Tax
Financial Transaction Tax
The delinking of money from place and productive investment is not the inevitable result of technological advances or economic evolution. Money is a human invention...
Public Art
Public Art
In the early 1970’s, several cities adopted”one-percent-for-the-arts” policies. One percent of public capital spending had to be spent for art that enriched public spaces. Today...
Financing Public Art – Tampa
Financing Public Art – Tampa
Tampa, Florida has gone beyond public spending to require that both city government and private developers of commercial properties allocate funds for art in public...
Small School Funding – Vermont
Small School Funding – Vermont
In 1997, Vermont adopted a new system of funding education under Vermont Act 60 – The Equal Educational Opportunity Act (EEOA). Unlike most states, Vermont...