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LPTX State Download ❄️ | See what our Texas chapter members have been up to and what we have in store for the new year! | Winter 2025
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LPPA State Download ❄️| PA Campaigns are kicking off!! | Winter 2025
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LPNC State Download 🧑🎄| Chapter Updates and New OC Members! | Winter 2025
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LPNY State Download ❄️ Winter Updates, NYC PGL & 2026 Prep | Winter 2025
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LPMN State Download 🏘️ | State Strategy Meeting Recap, Community Protection, Just Cause | Winter 2025
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LPMI State Download 🏛️| Affordability, housing wins | Winter 2025
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LPCO State Download 🧑🎄 | Supporting safety, Navigating SNAP shut down | Winter 2025
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LPCA State Download 🕯️| Big wins and new leadership | Winter 2025
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Pennsylvania Local Officials Call For Ban On Algorithmic Rental Price Fixing
Local leaders call on their federal representatives to ensure public lands remain accessible in the face of serious cuts.
- School Boards
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LP School Board Download 📚 | End Of The Year Wrap Up | December 2025
News from around the network
- Immigrant Justice
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How Local Leaders are Protecting Communities Under Trump
In the face of relentless federal attacks, localities nationwide are fighting back and publicly affirming their commitment to protecting immigrants.
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Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
A must-read feature of former LP Co-Chair and now Congressman Greg Casar.
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Multiple Cities Across the Country Are Resisting Rent Algorithms
Hoboken and Jersey city are two of the latest localities to join the nationwide movement to tackle corporate greed in the rental market and ban algorithmic rental price fixing.
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This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded.
Portland, OR proved what we all know to be true: we keep us safe. LP's Reynold Graham talks to The Nation about Portland's program.
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Ivan Luevanos-Elms and Sarah Johnson: This Is What Authoritarian Intimidation Looks Like
In this op-ed, LP ED Ivan Luevanos-Elms and former LP ED Sarah Johnson make the case that Trump's attempts to bully and intimidate local leaders is yet another sign of growing authoritarianism.
press Releases
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LP Members & Union Leaders Call To Overturn WPA Veto
Municipal Officials join labor leaders to call out the Governor for rejecting this Common-Sense legislation
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Statement: National Network of Local Officials Denounce Unjustified Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
In response to the reported arrest and subsequent release of Newark Mayor and Local Progress member Ras Baraka, Essex County Commissioner and Local Progress Board Member A’Dorian Murray-Thomas released the following statement.
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Statement: Amid Federal Threats, Local Leaders Stand Strong for True Civil Rights
In response to the Trump Administration’s so-called “civil rights” investigation into Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s Office, Local Progress released this statement.
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Road To Good Cause Campaign Scores 11 Victories Across Upstate New York
The coordinated campaign of local officials expand critical renter protections to thousands of tenants, setting their sights on Rochester next.