Well, they’ve done it again! Chris C, Becky, Sarah, and the rest of the crew at IBO have organized a fun, productive, and educational conference in Salt Lake City from April 8 through 11. Chris R and I will attending this year, as Mike has some family commitments. For this […]
With over 8,000 local jurisdictions, each regulating signs differently, it can be a challenge to establish effective policies and procedures – especially over large geographic footprints– to facilitate local permitting. Each code is different. While not every permit denial merits a legal challenge, there are some steps that can be […]
In Indiana Senate Committee OK’s Marijuana Billboard Ad Ban Billboard Insider wrote about an amendment to an Indiana bill which would outlaw marijuana advertising. Indiana permitting and regulatory expert John Kisiel tells Billboard Insider the amendment is dead – at least for now: “Legislative attorneys determined the amendment was […]
The Indiana Capital Chronicle reports that the Indiana Senate Transportation Committee approved an amendment to HB 1390 to ban outdoor advertising for marijuana. Recreational marijuana is illegal in Indiana. The bill’s sponsor complained at a hearing “and we have trucks, mobile billboards, that drive around and sit in front […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick The Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District Dallas Division, issued a comprehensive and favorable opinion on rights of first refusal, holdover tenancies, waiver, and conversion in billboard leases in the case of Lamar vs LaCore on December 31, 2024. The facts of the case are […]
Some regulatory relief for small businesses including your out of home company. Last week the US Treasury Department announced that it would not be enforcing the FINCEN reporting requirements which would require small businesses to start reporting details on owners directly to the US Treasury. Here’s the announcement. FinCEN Not […]
Vermont takes pride in being one of the few states that has a statewide ban on billboards (Hawaii, Alaska and Maine are the others). A small business man, located in northern New York, recently tested that ban in a creative way and has run afoul with Vermont. Terrific YouTube video […]
By Mike Hershey, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA National news last week sent a ripple of uncertainty across various segments of our economy – the Trump Administration’s announcement of a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico. This week, another trade news drop – a 25% tariff on […]
Stokely Outdoor’s Sam Stokely is a busy man. He and two other employees run a billboard plant with 808 faces in Oklahoma. He’s also been involved in several billboard condemnations due to the widening of an interstate between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Stokely gives the following tips on protecting your […]
Sen. John Marty, (DFL-Roseville), is proposing a billboard moratorium. It would allow no new billboards and no replacing of damaged existing billboards. He’s tried this before, though, never successfully. He also brought a bill in 2021, 2009, 2007, and all the way back to his first legislative session in 1989. So […]
