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The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act represented one of the largest ever investments in broadband infrastructure. Many in the digital equity space believed the bill would go a long way to ...

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The United States government is one of the biggest purchasers in the world. Few people or entities spend more money on more goods and services. Add state and local governments to the mix, and you have ...

The evidence of Big Tech oligarchs and corporate monopolies dominating our markets and controlling our politics is abundantly clear. But, there is a flip side to this coin. There is a vibrant and ...

In late 2024, Rachel Hernandez ran a successful campaign to become mayor of Riverbank, California. A small town at the top of the state’s central valley, Riverbank may not fit into what you imagine as ...

The third episode in the Building Local Power: The New Class series finds us talking to North Carolina State Rep. Dante Pittman, recently elected to represent his hometown of Wilson, N.C., and the ...

Most U.S. states could do far more to provide their residents with affordable, reliable, clean energy and to capture its economic windfall. In the 2025 Community Power Scorecard from the Institute for ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that cities with multiple locations of the same chain often have “a good one” and “a bad one.” Characteristics of “The Bad Target” include longer lines, dirtier facilities, fewer ...