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LPPA State Download 🌸 | Bold Progressive Action across Pennsylvania! | May 2025

Local worker protections, increasing affordable housing and more!
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Local Progress Launches the Community Responder Cohort

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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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Cleveland Councilwomen Join National Program to Forge New Paths in Public Safety

In a move reflecting a growing trend across various American cities, Cleveland City Councilwomen Rebecca Maurer and Stephanie Howse-Jones are stepping into a program that could change the game for public safety.
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LPCA State Download 🌼| Progressive Governance Labs, Local Wins, Join Our Organizing Committee and more! | Spring 2025

From San Diego’s passage of an A.I. price-fixing ban, to Richmond’s fight to protect and support immigrant community members - Local Progress California has been busy.
Minneapolis City Council Members Robin Wonsley, at lectern, Jason Chavez, left, and Jeremiah Ellison, right, stand in front of Cortland Mill District Apartments along with University of Minnesota undergraduate student government director of local affairs Siya Shelar to discuss the recently passed ordinance banning the use of algorithmic rent-setting software. Cortland Mill District is owned by Cortland, which is being sued by the Department of Justice for its use of rent-setting software. (Staff photo: Dan Netter)

LPMN State Download 🌷| Sign-On to Protect Medicaid, Northern Minnesota Meetup and Strategy Meeting, Local wins and more! | Spring 2025

Northern MN Meet-Up, Wins for Renters and More
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LPCO State Download ⛰️ | Legislative Updates & Community Fights | Spring 2025

Member advocacy for worker protections, housing justice wins, and more!
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LPNY State Download 🌺| Trump 100 days, Housing Advocacy Day, Westchester meetup and more! | Spring 2025

Learn about the latest initiatives from our LPNY chapter and explore opportunities to deepen your leadership.
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LPNC State Download 🛩️ | Sign on to Duke Energy Letter, State Strategy meeting, and more! | Spring 2025

We are planning something big, save the date!
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LPTX State Download ☀️ | Legislative update, North Texas Meetup, National Convening deadline and more! | Spring 2025

Get updated on what the Texas Chapter has been up to and what’s coming up for our LP network this summer!
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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. 
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty who was sworn into office on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 speaking at the All Square restaurant in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 where supporters gathered to celebrate her election. Mshale Staff Photo by Panashe Matemba-Mutasa

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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Cleveland Councilwomen Join National Program to Forge New Paths in Public Safety

In a move reflecting a growing trend across various American cities, Cleveland City Councilwomen Rebecca Maurer and Stephanie Howse-Jones are stepping into a program that could change the game for public safety.
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Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind

Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging.
Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo is championing a local ban on the use of algorithms to set rents, following a U.S. Justice Department antitrust lawsuit.Beth Nakamura

Portland City Council weighs ban on using algorithms to set rents

Portland, Oregon could soon be the next city to ban rental price fixing!
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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.

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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. 
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty who was sworn into office on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 speaking at the All Square restaurant in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 where supporters gathered to celebrate her election. Mshale Staff Photo by Panashe Matemba-Mutasa

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.

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.