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Minnesota local electeds call for statewide Paid Family & Medical Leave
LP members in MN share their perspective on the state's proposed Paid Family and Medical Leave program, and what they’re hearing directly from their communities about it.
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Governing is a Team Sport. Introducing LP’s Leadership Collaborative.
This year we are launching the Leadership Collaborative – a cross-organizational, multi-state, multi-issue, multi-racial space hosted as four convenings over the course of the next three years.
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LPNC State Download 🌱 | NC Defend Local Democracy, ARP Cohort, & more! | Spring 2023
Here's some of the latest news and exciting updates from our North Carolina chapter.
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The Network Download: Decriminalizing abortion, reimagining traffic safety, school board updates, and more | Feb 2023
Here's a look at some of what's happening across the Local Progress network.
- School Boards
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Meet the LP’s newly-formed School Board Steering Committee!
The steering committee will guide the work of the school board cohort moving forward, bringing a diverse range of experiences and expertise to building our shared agenda.
- Immigrant Justice
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New Resource Helps Local Electeds Welcome and Support New Arrivals with Dignity
Our newly released resource aims to chronicle this roadmap – offering direction for local electeds to follow the lead of communities, and take on this shared responsibility to create a welcoming infrastructure.
- Home Rule, Housing
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Florida legislature must stop interfering with local efforts to lower rents
In what has become an annual tradition, the Florida Legislature is poised to further restrict residents’ freedom to address issues affecting our local communities. In fact, they are taking a sledgehammer to local freedom amid the worst housing crisis in our lifetimes.
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Federal Advocacy Roundup | January 2023
Since our last Federal Advocacy Roundup in early December, we’ve seen the passage of an end-of-year appropriations bill, landmark announcements from the administration on protecting tenants and migrant workers, and more!
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The Network Download: Community-led safety, wage theft protections, and more | January 2023
Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network.
- Public Safety
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Localities must reimagine traffic safety. Here’s how.
Across the country, there is already work being done that reimagines traffic safety with the holistic understanding of what people need to move safely and freely within their neighborhoods and communities. This includes, among many things, removing police from traffic enforcement.
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Durham Needs a New Vision of Safety
Durham City Council members and LP members Javiera Caballero and Jillian Johnson call for a new approach to an old problem.
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Local governments can and must continue protecting and expanding abortion access. Here’s how.
Today, while we commemorate Roe, we also recommit ourselves to building a world where communities thrive, and people can exercise their full agency and live with dignity. Here’s what local elected officials can do.
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In The News
At Local Progress, we seek to make the aspirational pragmatic by showing how government can be a tool to create just and equitable outcomes and reshaping peoples’ understanding of governing from an institution to a collective responsibility. Here are some highlights of our media coverage:
- Immigrant Justice
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Hundreds of State Officials Oppose Anti-Sanctuary City Act
Nearly 400 state and local electeds nationwide sent a letter to Congress today urging them to vote NO on HR 32 – a dangerous bill that would strip our communities of essential funding simply for undertaking reasonable policies that make all of us safer.
- Housing
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Social Housing Emerging in Cities Needs Local Govt Support
Local Progress founding board chair Nick Licata makes the case for local governments to support social housing.
- Housing
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Ahead of Trump term, U.S. cities grapple with homelessness
While the Trump administration plans to accelerate encampment sweeps, cities are ready to support people experiencing homelessness with dignity. LP leaders make the case for housing over jail time or fines.
- Climate Justice
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Left Politics in California: An Interview with Gayle McLaughlin
An interview with Richmond City Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin about her work to hold polluters accountable.
press Releases
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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.
- Economic Justice
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NEW REPORT: How Local Government Can Stand Up for Workers When States Try to Stand in Their Way
This new report for Labor Day 2024 highlights ways local elected officials can advance workers rights even when facing both hostile state preemption and federal labor law preemption.
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How Localities Use Community Responder Programs to Keep People Safe
This new video from Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab focuses on three specific localities: Durham, Oakland, and Albuquerque to explain what community responder programs are, how they work, and why hundreds of localities are starting to adopt them.
- Housing
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After Grants Pass: organizing to house all our neighbors
In response to the Supreme Court's cruel decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, we will continue to organize for housing for all.
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Local Progress Condemns Cruel Supreme Court Decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, Local Progress put out the following statement.
