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Tupelo, Mississippi, urged to allow open marketplace for food trucks
October 30, 2018
Jon Pritchett, president and CEO of the nonpartisan Mississippi Center for Public Policy, is calling on the city council of Tupelo, Mississippi, to abandon its…
read nowLouisville, Kentucky, food truck owners set for second faceoff with city over proposed rules
October 29, 2018
In June, two Louisville, Kentucky, food truck operators, working with the Institute for Justice, were able to strike down a city vending rule designed to…
read nowOfficials in Juneau, Alaska, consider food truck park proposal
October 29, 2018
City officials in Juneau, Alaska, are considering a proposal to turn a city park into a food truck court.
read nowProposed food truck ban riles residents of Ohio town
October 24, 2018
The city council in Vermilion, Ohio, has proposed a mobile food services ordinance that would ban food trucks from working the city's festivals, events and…
read nowTupelo, Mississippi, proposed food truck regulations avoid controversy
October 23, 2018
Food truck operators in Tupelo, Mississippi, have had a first look at the city's proposed ordinance for their business and seem to be "largely satisfied,…
read nowCommission approves food truck ordinance for Winter Haven, Florida
October 23, 2018
The City Commission in Winter Haven, Florida, has heard and approved a revised amendment to the city ordinance governing food truck operators.
read nowSurf City, North Carolina, considers opening streets to food trucks
October 22, 2018
Surf City, North Carolina, is reconsidering its food truck regulations following the opening of a brewery that has been allowing food trucks to operate on its…
read nowSyracuse, New York, struggles with food truck fees
October 17, 2018
A proposal in Syracuse, New York, to establish a $500 annual fee for a food truck license has drawn complaints from food cart operators who are paying as much…
read nowLouisville food truck owners claim proposed rule violates agreement
October 15, 2018
Lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky, have proposed a rule that restricts vehicles parked at parking meters from doing business, a restriction that food truck…
read nowGeorgia town extends food truck operating hours
October 12, 2018
The Athens-Clarke County mayor and commission have approved an ordinance extending the operating hours for food trucks parked near City Hall in Athens, Georgia.
read nowCincinnati-area food truck court opening postponed to 2019
October 5, 2018
The opening of the Queen City Food Truck Court, scheduled for Oct. 4, has been postponed to the spring of 2019 due to a rezoning requirement, according to the…
read nowIce cream truck accident kills toddler; mayor calls for safety requirements
September 27, 2018
The mayor of Wentzville, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb, has asked lawmakers to come up with safety requirements for food trucks after an ice cream truck hit and…
read nowFood truck court planned for California town
September 19, 2018
A food truck court is scheduled to open Sept. 27 at Carnegie Park in downtown Redding, California, according to the Record Searchlight. Meanwhile, the city…
read nowPennsylvania borough to regulate food trucks
September 12, 2018
The borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, is considering its options to regulate food trucks, borough manager John Ernst recently advised the borough's code…
read nowFood truck owners to sue Wisconsin town over food truck ban
September 12, 2018
Attorneys for the Institute for Justice are planning to sue the town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin, over its food truck ban on behalf of a local food truck…
read nowNew Hampshire city to reconsider food trucks
September 11, 2018
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, City Councilor Rebecca Perkins Kwoka wants the city to reconsider allowing food trucks after two residents sought variances to open…
read nowPittsburgh area borough to regulate food trucks
September 7, 2018
Lawmakers in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, a borough in the Pittsburgh area, will vote next week on an ordinance regulating food truck and mobile boutiques after…
read nowLawsuit causes North Carolina town to abolish restrictive food truck law
September 4, 2018
Carolina Beach, North Carolina, has abolished a law that restricted food trucks to brick and mortar restaurants after a group of food truck owners and the…
read nowMississippi town approves food truck regulations
August 23, 2018
A newly passed law in Saltillo, Mississippi, will require mobile food vehicles to have a state tax number and a $250 license, along with a minimum of $500,00…
read nowNorth Carolina food truck owners sue town over exclusionary food truck law
August 22, 2018
A group of North Carolina food truck owners and the Institute for Justice have filed a lawsuit to strike down a ban on out-of-town food trucks imposed by…
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