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State preemption is fueling a racialized housing crisis, and Good Cause laws are at risk.
Exploring connections between Trump’s militarized crackdowns on cities and attempts to preempt progressive prosecutors.
How state preemption of local public health authority – and state laws implementing the MAHA agenda – put the health and safety of residents at risk.
State lawmakers pushed more than 800 abusive preemption bills across 48 states this year. Many of the preemption hotspots the LSSC team tracked - from immigration to anti-DEI efforts - align with the Trump administration’s rhetoric. In fact, it’s impossible to tell the story of preemption in 2025 without considering the impact of the new administration on policy making and people.
In recent years, there have been a growing number of attacks on states and municipalities that have taken action to protect LGBTQ+ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion “therapy.” Logan Casey, PhD, explains more in this Preemption Research Spotlight.
This post takes a look at notable categories of abusive preemption bills from 2025 state legislative sessions that have become law or came close to becoming law.
The Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) has long engaged with city attorneys in the fight against the abuse of state preemption, and, at the critical juncture we find ourselves in, LSSC is seeking to renew and deepen this aspect of our work. Through this Request for Conversation, LSSC seeks a dynamic project manager to oversee a six-month outreach and planning process, ideally beginning in July 2025, to develop a plan for re-engaging with city attorneys.
The Local Solutions Support Center has a new resource offering brief summaries of peer-reviewed empirical studies and select additional research, curated and summarized by LSSC to support efforts to (i) challenge abusive state preemption laws, and (ii) advance home rule reform. It’s available for anyone to use in whatever way is most helpful.
Meet Feroza Freeland, Policy Director of the Southern Office for A Better Balance. She is a Tennessee native who leverages creative advocacy tactics to achieve progress and deliver concrete policy wins for working families in the South.
We take a look at preemption trends in state abusive preemption legislation, even as the new federal landscape further emboldens state lawmakers to advance harmful preemption bills, with a particular focus on anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ+, and anti-DEI legislation.