- Economic Justice
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How Local Governments Are Advancing Workers’ Rights, and Why Even More Should Get Involved
Cities are spearheading efforts to pass and enforce local labor laws that are improving standards for workers in their communities.
- Abortion & Reproductive Rights
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Abortion is a human right. Here’s what localities can do right now to protect it.
The Supreme Court’s draft opinion leaked earlier this week is at direct odds with what we know to be true: abortion care is healthcare and a constitutional right.
- Public Safety, School Boards
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School Safety & the Senate’s Bipartisan Gun Control Bill
We need meaningful gun control coupled with the things that build truly safe schools – providing physical, psychological, and emotional safety for all students. That means fully funding our public schools to have the teachers, staff, materials and spaces children need.
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We’re mourning the children and teachers of Uvalde, TX
We join them in keeping the memories of their children and heroic teachers alive.
- Public Safety
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Standing in solidarity with Buffalo, NY
A white supremacist invaded our city and killed 10 people in a murderous rampage that was rooted in and emflamed by white supremacy and anti-Blackness.
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Our 2022 national convening is in Denver on August 4-6!
With registration now open, we’re also thrilled to share this year’s theme: Resilience. Power. Transformation.
- Abortion & Reproductive Rights
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Cities Mobilize for Roe Reversal by Strengthening Abortion Safe Havens
City leaders are mobilizing after a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision was leaked that would overturn U.S. abortion rights.
- Public Safety
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Investing in real safety: the state of LP’s work on community safety
When we released Reform/Transform: A Policing Policy Toolkit back in 2018, we aimed to create a home base for Local Progress’s policing and public safety work.
- Economic Justice, Public Safety
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Biden’s Proposed 2023 Federal Budget & Community Safety
Earlier this week, President Biden released his FY2023 budget proposal. In response, Local Progress released the following statement.
- Public Safety
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New York Can Lead in Reimagining Public Safety. Here’s How.
Reimagining public safety means reorienting ourselves to community needs and community-led safety solutions. In short, public safety is a matter of investment.
- Economic Justice
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Minnesota cities have earned sick and safe time: The state can too
The pandemic has made it crystal clear that all our health is connected. Yet, far too many families – particularly families of color – lack the support needed to care for their loved ones or themselves.
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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:
- Economic Justice, Housing, Immigrant Justice
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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.
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Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
A must-read feature of former LP Co-Chair and now Congressman Greg Casar.
- Housing
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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.
- Public Safety
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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.
press Releases
- Housing
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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
- Public Safety
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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.
- Public Safety
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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.
- Housing
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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.