This episode is the first in our new season of Building Local Power, The New Class, where we are talking to interesting changemakers among the state and local politicians newly elected in November ...

“In the 1970s and ’80s, politicians from both political parties began to abandon small business.” ...

The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) established a $42.5 billion federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Internet access grant program. The ...

Towns and cities have broad authority to reject dollar store development if they believe it is not in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of residents, according to a court ruling in ...

Composting can take place at many levels – backyard, block, neighborhood, schoolyard, community, and regional – and in urban, suburban, and rural areas. There are many methods and sizes. Large-scale ...

In Maryland, the grants could total more than $14 million per year to support local governments, small businesses, non-profits, farmers, schools, and more in their efforts to advance wasted food ...

In the waves and waves of content around Amazon’s growing dominance it is difficult to know what to read. We humbly recommend this piece from The Atlantic‘s Business Editor Alana Semuels about a part ...

ILSR's Sue Holmberg discusses her Power Play report outlining the ways monopolies exploit systemic racism and how communities ...

It’s no secret that cities with multiple locations of the same chain often have “a good one” and “a bad one.” Characteristics of “The Bad Target” include longer lines, dirtier facilities, fewer ...

If you’re involved in an existing composting initiative or interested in supporting composting in your community – whether you are a composter, hauler, regulator, policymaker, local business, urban or ...

“Much of Walmart’s market dominance can be attributed to its use of this illegal and anti-competitive tactic,” says Stacy Mitchell WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2025) – Stacy Mitchell, co-executive ...