This toolkit offers independent business owners concrete tips for engaging with their city officials and advocating for policies that strengthen and grow local businesses. The...
A recent contract opens the way for billions of dollars in local government spending to shift to Amazon. The good news is that, for concerned...
Rural broadband policy can be hard to explain. That’s why we made this fact sheet. It explains how rural America can have high-speed Internet service...
The report, Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting Guide for Local Governments, profiles 11 home composting programs (10 in the United States, 1 in...
We recently presented visualizations based on FCC data that the repeal of net neutrality will limit vast swaths of people to a bleak Internet access future. …...
Independent businesses are among the best engines that cities have for advancing economic opportunity. But they’re disappearing in many places. This isn’t, in large part,...
When local communities look for ways to improve connectivity, they may consider investing in a municipal fiber optic network. As they begin to review possible...
Local governments are increasingly turning to Amazon for their buying needs. When they do, though, citizens lose. Here’s why you should be concerned about this...
This ILSR/Jobs with Justice fact sheet looks at how Amazon is undermining wages and conditions for working people, and driving growing inequality.
This fact sheet breaks down how Amazon is undermining working people — and what we need to do.
The next time you’re attending a city council meeting, attending a local broadband initiative, or just chatting with neighbors about better local connectivity, take a...
Our newest fact sheet, More than just Facebook, provides an overview on how Internet access and fast, affordable, reliable connectivity reaches most aspects of our...
The latest addition to our list of fact sheets focuses on Virginia: Municipal Networks Deliver Local Benefits. We noticed that municipal networks in the “Mother...
The fact sheet highlights the great work that Minnesota cooperatives and municipalities have done to bring fast, affordable, reliable Internet service to rural areas throughout...
In North Carolina, state law effectively prohibits local communities from collaborating with neighbors or partnering to offer gigabit connectivity to residents, businesses, or anchor institutions....