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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The inspiration for this season of Building Local Power is ILSR’s Power Play report, written by ILSR senior editor and researcher Susan Holmberg. Sue joins us today for a wide-ranging and candid ...

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 ...

Now that the lengthy legal fight has been settled (for now), New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) is set to take effect. It marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address one ...

Now that the lengthy legal beef has been settled and New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) is set to take effect this month, it marks a potentially pivotal moment in a national effort to address ...

“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 ...

Our team fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for small independent businesses. In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell explains the true ...

What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our ...