A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) concludes that repealing North Dakota’s Pharmacy Ownership Law would cost the state millions of dollars...
For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Justin Dahlheimer Tel. 612-276-3456 Email: jdahlheimer@ilsr.org Minneapolis, Minn. – (January 26, 2009). A new report by the Institute for...
A unique law in North Dakota requires that pharmacies be owned by pharmacists, which means that almost all pharmacies in the state are independently owned....
Christopher Mitchell is the Director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative. He has worked as a server administrator, web geek, and in automated software quality...
The New Rules Project features several programs and initiatives, including: The Hometown Advantage, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative, Biofuels and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Climate...
In an extremely challenging economic climate, independent retailers are outperforming many chains, a national survey has found.… Read More
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In June 1999, San Francisco became the largest school district yet to approve policies on commercialism in schools. TheAct requires all long-term corporate sponsorships to...
In September 1999, the state of California passed AB 116, banning commercial images in public school textbooks. AB 116 is a strong law, according to...
Advertisements may not come immediately before or after a program or a portion of a program which is oriented primarily to children under 12 years...
Children and adolescents are increasingly becoming target groups for aggressive forms of marketing practices and for commercial pressure with a view to stimulate and increase...
Total ad expenditures in the United States have risen from $50 billion in 1979 to $200 billion in 1998. Advertising is seeping into places we...
Nebraska is the only state in the union served entirely by public power utilities. In 2005, the Nebraska Legislature passed a law prohibiting public power...
CorpusChristi did not set out to create a citywide wireless network. Theproject arose as a logical extension of the upgrade to wirelessautomated meter reading for...
In 1999, Fredericton (population 80,000 and the capital of New Brunswick, Canada) began building a high-speed information infrastructure. The City was looking to reduce its...