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At the LP Housing Convening in Seattle in March, Michigan showed up strong with 2 members participating in the session “Your Role as an Elected in the Tenant Movement,” led by LPMI Organizing Committee Member Mikal Goodman.

LPMI State Download ⚡ | ALPRs, Data Centers, and Convenings | Spring 2026

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Sara Innamorato signed Allegheny County’s Residential Tenant Protections for Retaliation

LPPA State Download 🌸| Local Action and Collaborative Governance | Spring 2026

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LPNY State Download 🌷 | Budget Fights & Statewide Momentum | Spring 2026

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LPCA State Download ⛅ | Growing California’s Impact | Spring 2026

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📬 LP Network Download | Remembering Nancy in our Fight for Justice | April 2026

Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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Training Our Next Cohort of Comms Leaders

Learn more about our second ever communications focused cohort.
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Statement: Local Progress responds to Department of Justice Charges Against Southern Poverty Law Center

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Local Progress Remembers a Leader, a Friend, a Sister in the Fight for Justice: Nancy Metayer

Affordable Homes, Stable Communities: Our 2026 Housing Convening in Seattle

For the first time ever, leaders from all three Local Progress identity caucuses came together to build community and strategize for the organizing ahead.

📬 LP Network Download | Stepping up to protect immigrant families | March 2026

Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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SXSW Recap: A Local Progress First

Find out what happened this year at South by Southwest

LPMN State Download ❤️‍🔥 | Fighting for Community Safety | Winter 2026

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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:

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The World Cup Is Coming. Our Cities Must Protect Their People.

Op-ed: As elected officials from U.S. host cities, we know that local governments are the last line of defense against human rights abuses during the FIFA World Cup.
Casar has always approached political work with the same mindset forged as a labor organizer. (Robin Jerstad)

Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win

A must-read feature of former LP Co-Chair and now Congressman Greg Casar.

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.
Portland Street Response crisis worker Angela Sands and EMT Kaya Ascott respond to a 911 call in Portland, Ore. (Kaia Sand)

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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Statement: Local Leaders Applaud Decision to Affirm Birthright Citizenship in the United States

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Our Communities, Our World Cup

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Statement: Local Progress responds to Department of Justice Charges Against Southern Poverty Law Center

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Local Progress Carries Faith’s Legacy Forward

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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