ILSR Press Room

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ILSR Press Releases and Selected Media Coverage

Advocates Applaud Equitable Clean Energy Wins in Minn. Legislation, Look to Next Session for More Progress

Katie Kienbaum

May 19, 2023

A coalition of clean energy advocates celebrates new legislation in Minnesota, which will increase access to clean energy and local solar across the state. READ MORE

On WBHM: Advocates warn of a ‘dollar store invasion'

Andrew Frank

April 6, 2023

NPR affiliate station WBHM reported on the rapid expansion of dollar stores across the American South. Across three segments, reporter Stephan Bisha interviewed... READ MORE

NEW BRIEF: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic

Reggie Rucker

March 30, 2023

“It’s time to revisit and reimagine the proactive role tax policy can have in enabling fair competition, tackling concentrated markets and in turn driving productivity and innovation, lowering prices, and fueling more and better jobs,” says Susan Holmberg, a co-author of th READ MORE

StarTribune: Utility Lobbying Violates Ratepayers' Free Speech

Maria McCoy

March 23, 2023

In this commentary from the Minneapolis StarTribune, John Farrell makes a case against monopoly utilities using customer funds for political lobbying. Compelling captive customers to pay for political speech is a violation of their first amendment right, says Farrell. READ MORE

BioCycle: Community Composters Grow Into a Movement

Andrew Frank

March 22, 2023

ILSR's Clarissa Libertelli authored an article in BioCycle on the Composting for Community initiative's first-ever Community Composter Census... READ MORE

Media Release: New Survey Reveals Community Composting is a Rapidly Growing Sector in the Recycling Industry

Reggie Rucker

March 22, 2023

The community composting sector could create nearly as many new jobs as currently exists in the coal mining industry, according to the new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). READ MORE

The New York Times: As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Say No

Andrew Frank

March 1, 2023

The New York Times reported on the growing opposition to chain dollar stores in communities across the U.S., drawing extensively from ILSR's recent report, The Dollar Store Invasion. READ MORE

The American Prospect: Small Businesses Rise to Fight Wall Street

Andrew Frank

February 8, 2023

ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell and Senior Policy Advocate Katy Milani are interviewed on the rise of credit card swipe fees and the growing grassroots opposition. READ MORE

City Cast Las Vegas: Why Is Vegas' Internet So Bad?

Andrew Frank

February 2, 2023

ILSR's Sean Gonsalves joined the City Cast Las Vegas podcast to discuss Las Vegas' subpar Internet offerings and the advantages of city-owned broadband networks... READ MORE

“Antitrust enforcers are again embracing their responsibility,” Stacy Mitchell Says of DOJ Lawsuit Against Google in Online Ads Market

Stacy Mitchell

January 24, 2023

Mitchell proclaims in the statement, "Google actively extracts resources from communities that need them most and threatens a free, local press that lies at the heart of our democracy.” READ MORE