State and local governments often regulate in the same space as federal agencies and are often regulated by federal agencies. The SLLC’s amicus brief argues that requiring notice-and-comment for significant changes to interpretations of regulations will maintain the balance between agency discretion and reliance interests that the Administrative Procedures Act was designed to protect.

In conjunction with the 100th ICMA Annual Conference in September, a panel examined the local challenges associated with changes in marijuana policy.

While the Supreme Court’s next term officially begins on October 6, its “long conference” is September 29. At this conference the Court will review a backlog of petitions that have been piling up over the summer.

Greg Doyon, city manager of Great Falls, Montana, reflects on his experience at the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executives in State and Local Government program in June 2014.