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,...
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...
Vermont’s Worker Cooperative Corporations Act. (Added 1985).… Read More
Massachusetts law governing employee ownership.… Read More
Any 3 or more natural persons or 2 or more associations may incorporate in this State under this cooperative ownership statute.… Read More
Connecticut’s law governing the formation and operation of worker cooperatives.… Read More
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...
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...
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...
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...
In 1997, Vermont adopted a new system of funding education under Vermont Act 60 – The Equal Educational Opportunity Act (EEOA). Unlike most states, Vermont...
In 2000, the Florida legislature passed the statute shown below, that recognizes the benefits of small schools and prohibits, as of July 2003, the construction...
Canada’s universal health care program is much acclaimed and a product of state innovation. If Saskatchewan had not had the authority to devise its government-funded...
The state of Vermont has one of the lowest proportions of uninsured people in the country, and virtually all the state’s children are covered. This...
Twenty-two percent of New Mexicans had no health insurance in 2003, compared to about 16 percent nationwide. That statistic has prompted health care advocates to...