A new raft of bills criminalizes many types of protests and threaten localities that fail to respond according to state dictates.
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Many state legislatures have made it illegal for local governments to adopt these measures in recent years.
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Localities must be able to respond to the unique needs of workers who cannot survive on the federal or state minimum wage.
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Cities must have the authority and flexibility to use tools proven to combat the causes and consequences of climate change and protect the health and safety of their residents.
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Over the last year, we’ve seen a number of state legislatures move to curb the long-fought for, hard-won right to vote.
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Efforts to ban classes that explore the ways in which a history of inequality and racism in the U.S. continue to affect American institutions and society today set a dangerous precedent for state interference in local classrooms.
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It’s time for state lawmakers to acknowledge the fundamental need to increase access to strong, reliable and affordable broadband.
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2021 was an unprecedented year for abusive preemption. As local elected officials and advocates sought to protect their communities from the ongoing public health and economic effects of the pandemic, they encountered preemption efforts from state lawmakers on a scale never before seen.
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The second edition features a series of articles that explore how some states preempted local authority across a host of issues during the pandemic.
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This model ordinance can serve as a guide for local elected officials in their attempts to enact tenant protections in their city or town.
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During the 2022 state legislative session Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) publishes a weekly digest summarizing notable abusive preemption bills and their progress through session.
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This polling from the African-American Research Collaborative found that it is most helpful to engage voters through a policy position and then transition to a discussion of how to influence state government to make positive change.
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Periodically throughout the pandemic the Local Solutions Support Center published a weekly news digest covering the conflicts between state and local governments over public health protections.
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Determining whether local governments have authority to implement local tenant protections, particularly in the face of potential state preemption, remains a challenge.
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This map focuses on four of these policies: protections against source-of-income discrimination, the regulation of short-term rentals, inclusionary housing programs, and rent regulation.
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A new white paper from LSSC explores in more detail how some state legislatures are using preemption to undermine local control of police budgeting, accountability, and management.
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This new report highlights how state lawmakers in the Midwest have abused preemption to impede progress on a variety of issues that would improve the economic security and well-being of residents.
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The Local Solutions Support Center’s (LSSC) report explores 2021 legislative activity in more detail. Overall in the session, LSSC tracked over 400 preemption bills – more than two times the number of bills tracked during the 2019 session.
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The purpose of this summer series will be to provide insight on how the LSSC team works together to provide resources to the field to address preemption and upholding local democracy.
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This snapshot identifies states where abusive preemption bills have been enacted or are pending in 2021. In some states, multiple bills addressing the same issues have been introduced, but that is not reflected in this data.
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