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LPNY State Download ☀️ | Buffalo Meetup, NYC PGL, and Leadership In Action | Summer 2025
Learn more about our bold leadership taking action across the state!
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LPPA State Download 🏖️ | Organizing together nationally and in PA! | Summer 2025
LPPA at the National Convening, School Board networking, Fall Meetups and more!
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LPMN State Download 🌽 | Protecting our Communities in the Face of Authoritarianism, MN State Strategy Meeting and more! | Summer 2025
Northern MN Meet-Up, Wins for Renters and More
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LPNC State Download ⛱️| Call for Leadership for LPNC, 2025 National Convening Update, and more! | Summer 2025
Check out what’s happening in NC this summer!
- Economic Justice, Home Rule, Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources
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📎 Federal Resource Round-Up
Important updates and opportunities to take action.
- 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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LPTX State Download 🌟 | Special Session update, National Convening highlights and more! | Summer 2025
Find out what our Texas Chapter has been up to lately and what we are looking forward to this fall & winter!
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📬 LP Network Download | Ten cities ban rental price fixing, local leaders holding the line on immigration, what the billionaire tax scam means for us, & more. | July 2025
Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
- School Boards
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LP School Board Download 📚 | LP National’s Convening and federal developments | July 2025
Check out what happened at our National Convening and new ways you can plug into the school board network.
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Local Progress Colorado Organizes To Protect Colorado’s Public Lands
Local leaders call on their federal representatives to ensure public lands remain accessible in the face of serious cuts.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
