In the News: Stacy Mitchell November 9, 2017 Media Outlet: The Hill As discussed in The Intercept earlier this month, Amazon is now on the verge of winning a multi-billion dollar contract to win government procurement over other retailers in America. Ali Breland of The Hill takes on the issue and, for an expert perspective, she reaches out … Read More
On Election Day 2017, 19 more Colorado communities opted out of a restrictive state laws that stopped them from investing (or even investigating) locally-owned Internet access infrastructure.… Read More
In May of 1991, David Morris was featured in Minnesota Public Television’s (TPT) Portrait series on prominent Minnesotans. During the 25 minute interview David discussed the founding of ILSR, how he came to Minnesota, his work on building a homegrown economy and his vision for the future. … Read More
Internet Service Provider and overall behemoth, Comcast, set a local spending record in their effort to quash a pro-municipal broadband ballot initiative this month in Fort Collins, Colorado.… Read More
18 more Colorado communities are set to reclaim their local authority on Internet access issues, rebuffing the power of local Internet Service Provider monopolies.… Read More
In the News: David Morris November 3, 2017 Media Outlet: American Prospect Airline monopolies are a frequent and easily understandable example of the effects of corporate concentration in our everyday life. David Dayen, a frequent anti-monopoly writer and researcher wrote a wide-ranging piece on airline concentration for the American Prospect and for it he spoke to … Read More
This op-ed was originally published in Next City on October 31st, 2017. As local economies suffer from market concentration in economic sectors ranging from retail to banking, cooperatives across industries are helping to strengthen communities and keep resources local. This is nothing new; cooperatives have a long history of serving local needs. Today, the cooperative ownership structure … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell November 2, 2017 Media Outlet: The Intercept Amazon is now on the verge of winning a multi-billion dollar contract to win government procurement over other retailers in America. David Dayen of The Intercept, a frequent (and excellent) writer on all things monopoly, spoke with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s co-director and Community-Scaled … Read More
In the News: John Farrell November 2, 2017 Media Outlet: Charged EVs Back in June, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s John Farrell and Karlee Weinmann published a comprehensive report on electric vehicles and how they enable energy democracy. Charles Morris of Charged EVs delved into the report and offered coverage for the magazine. Here’s how they covered … Read More
