Boulder's voter-approved climate tax has funded local climate action since 2006. Its lessons are ones any city can use.
A panel of experts explores the question of how to build data centers that serve their communities, rather than extract from them.
In The American Prospect, Sean Gonsalves reports on a recently filed bill in California that aims to strip telecommunications oversight authority away from the CPUC.
A deep dive into one of the most successful municipal fiber networks in the country—and what other communities can learn from it
Blair Levin returns to reflect on the decisions that built today’s Internet—and why we may not be ready for what comes next with AI
Unbuffered is here. Chris Mitchell introduces a new chapter that builds on Community Broadband Bits while expanding the conversation around power and local control
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ILSR's Christopher Mitchell talks to State Scoop about the far reaching significance of a new affordable Internet law passed in New Mexico.
Oregon tries to tie utility profits to climate, cost, and reliability targets through performance-based regulation.
With support from ILSR and other allies, California is now one step closer to enacting the strongest antimonopoly law in the country.
These plug-in devices bypass utility hassles to offer cheap, convenient power for everyone.
Learn how this state developed a community microgrid law to enhance community resilience against power shutoffs and grid failure.
Learn about how this Minnesota lawmaker wants to tackle her state’s energy problems.
No state in America is currently doing utility regulation well. But there’s hope.
ILSR and allies intervened in an antitrust lawsuit to ensure that the Robinson-Patman Act can continue to be used to prevent retail discrimination and unfairness.