Since 2012, a growing number of states and municipalities have taken action to protect LGBTQ+ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion “therapy.” But in recent years, amid escalating political attacks on LGBTQ+ people across virtually every aspect of life, there are also growing attacks on these protections—including through abusive preemption tactics.
Read MoreAs many 2025 state legislative sessions come to a close, abusive preemption once again threatens local control of a number of issues. Across the country, states continue to advance legislation that interferes with the ability of local governments to tailor local solutions for local needs.
Read MoreA look at recent legislative sessions and how state lawmakers across the country are feeling emboldened to continue abusing preemption to intentionally harm LGBTQ+ youth and deprive them of safe and nurturing educational environments.
Read MoreA look at how the Local Solutions Support Center has tracked abusive preemption bills – in 25 states – that attack local authority on immigration policies in the 2025 legislative session.
Read MoreJust seven weeks into 2025, we’re already seeing more of the same concerning activity as it relates to abusive preemption. Some of the most egregious examples of preemption bills have been introduced in Tennessee and Texas. Here’s a deep dive into both states.
Read MoreDetermining whether local governments have authority to implement local tenant protections, particularly in the face of potential state preemption, remains a challenge.
Read MoreA bill amended Indiana statutes on a number of housing-related issues, including preempting localities from adopting ordinances on foundation and size requirements for manufactured homes and preempting local ordinances regulating retaliatory acts by landlords.
Read MoreThe Local Solutions Support Center has compiled short memos summarizing the nature and scope of local authority in each state.
Read MoreIn this resource, we examine how, as the Black Lives Matter movement strengthens nationwide and communities push for critical changes to confront racism, preemption has once again emerged as a tool to stifle important local efforts.
Read MoreAs the definition of “public health” expands, so could the ability of public health agencies and officials to address the SDOH and combat a greater variety of public ills.
Read MoreThis fact sheet provides an overview of state and local government authority to regulate and potentially require vaccination.
Read MoreThese new documents provide a summary of local authority and preemption in several key states that can inform advocates’ efforts to adopt new policies at the city or county level. State preemption laws limit or prohibit local policymaking in different areas.
Read MoreIn the wake of recent demonstrations against racist police and vigilante violence against Black communities, we will likely see increased legislative attacks on protestors.
Read MoreThis memo aims only to engage in a preliminary way with the question of what a state’s grant of emergency authority to local governments means for localities facing the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreThis memo aims to engage in a preliminary way with the question of what a state’s grant of emergency authority to local governments means for localities facing the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreLocal minimum-wage laws can help ensure that workers can afford housing, food, and other basic necessities in locations where the cost of living is higher than in other parts of the country or state.
Read MoreThis memorandum provides an overview of some substantive and procedural constraints on the latitude of state legislatures to limit local authority and autonomy.
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