Last week the City of Bloomington adopted an expansive “inclusionary zoning” ordinance for the purpose of compelling developers of single and multifamily housing to include a portion of their new housing as affordable based on prescribed income standards. “Inclusionary zoning”
Finding the Future: Development Plans for Driverless Cars Already Taking Shape
Imagine a world without gas stations, parking ramps or parking meters. It may sound crazy, but many people in real estate development and design are doing just that.
In my last post, I introduced the discussion taking place around
Rhetoric Society of America to Hold 2017 Summer Institute and Workshops
The Rhetoric Society of America will hold its 2017 Summer Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, from Monday, May 22 through the morning of Thursday, May 25, and workshops from the afternoon of Thursday, May 25 through noon on Saturday, May 27, 2017. To
Minnesota City’s Solicitor Licensing Ordinance Invalidated
Bloomington, Minnesota required door-to-door solicitors to obtain a city-issued license. The regulation defined solicitor in part as “an individual who goes from place-to-place . . . without an invitation from the owner or occupant, for the purpose of: (1) advertising,
Paying Employees Who Quit and Don’t Turn in Their Time Card – Impossible! *NOT*
Interdisciplinary Readings on Land Use: Planning
I’m excited to be back to regular posting on the Land Use Law Profs’ Blog, after a couple of different stints in administration at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law (two associate dean roles) and a couple of
Attorney Shoots Himself (In The Backside, Not The Foot)
The Indiana Supreme Court has converted an interim suspension for failure to cooperate into an indefinite suspension of an attorney.The Indiana Lawyer has the story of the attorney's underlying problem as reported in July 2013A southern Indiana attorney accused of
Shoveling Snow and Grading Exams
Early this morning Bloomington, Indiana got the upper estimate of snow predicted by the National Weather Service — roughtly a foot of very wet, heavy snow. So I did the prudent thing: I started shoveling before my driveway froze into
Illinois McDonalds Closed for Salmonella Investigation
The Great Commons in the Sky
Sad news: Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economics, died yesterday morning at Indiana University's Health Bloomington Hospital. As the Nobel Committee stated:Elinor Ostrom has challenged the conventional wisdom that common property is poorly managed