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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.
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  • School Boards

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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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.
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  • Housing

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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2025 National Convening: We Organize Together to Govern for All!

Over 500 local elected officials, partners, and staff came together to strategize, connect with each other, and renew the fight for our communities.
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  • Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources

What the Billionaire Tax Scam Means For Our Communities

Learn more and fight back.
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New Yorkers gathered outside Rep. Nicole Malliotakis office in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to protest her decision to vote to pass a bill that contains severe cuts to health care, housing, food assistance, and federally funded programs while also providing big tax cuts to billionaires. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images
  • Economic Justice, Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources

📎 Federal Resource Round-Up – Urgent Billionaire Tax Scam Update

Important updates and opportunities to take action.
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📬 LP Network Download | Put families over billionaires, remembering Melissa, and how we show up for LGBTQ+ folks | Jun 2025

Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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Portland Street Response crisis worker Angela Sands and EMT Kaya Ascott respond to a 911 call in Portland, Ore. (Kaia Sand)
  • Public Safety

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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Local Progress Colorado 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up

The wins and losses of the 2025 Colorado legislative session, and some local wins led by LPCO members for tenants, workers and more.
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Speaker emeritus Rep. Melissa Hortman talks to colleagues during a special legislative session Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

Minnesota Local Leaders Mourn Politically Motivated Assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

In response to the politically motivated assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, Local Progress released the following statement from the Local Progress Minnesota Organizing Committee.
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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.
READ ARTICLE
  • Housing

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

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.
READ ARTICLE
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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.
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press Releases

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  • Housing

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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  • Public Safety

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. 
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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
  • Public Safety

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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  • Housing

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.
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  • Economic Justice

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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