AFA Legislative and Regulatory Trackers™ to November 23, 2022
Our Updated Trackers™ are available here.
Our Updated Trackers™ are available here.
Sara is back for a second time on #LunchLegislation. This time we take a deep dive into the Protecting Animal Wellness (PAW) Act which has passed both the US Senate and House, and is on its way to the President’s … Continued
Today we welcomed Sara Amundson, Humane Society Legislative Fund President, to give us an introduction to a major topic that we’ve not delved into on Lunch + Legislation: promoting animal welfare bills in the U.S. House and Senate. You can … Continued
Fact of the matter is that much of the lawmaking that happens in the United States today is not done by Congress but by agencies. Most of us are familiar with legislation (bills that sometimes become laws), and with court … Continued
We’re starting the year with a discussion of a very important and topical issue from a different perspective. In Michigan and around the country, maps for Congressional and state district boundaries are being re-drawn, and will impact who gets elected … Continued
We started the year with a week’s worth of suggestions: #1 for January 1, 2021: newly elected Michigan House members are sworn in today. Find your Michigan state representative and resolve to get to know her/him. #2 for January 2, … Continued
Today Attorneys for Animals responded to the latest in a long series of proposed regulations issued by the Department of Interior which weaken the Endangered Species Act; or priviledge oil and gas and other industrial uses of the land; or … Continued
You’ve likely never heard of the American Burying Beetle. Neither had we, until the species was downgraded from “endangered” to “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency charged with administering the Act. … Continued