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Danny Caine. Picture this hypothetical with me. Your community is home to one of the country’s premier manufacturers of ballpoint pens. This local business has long been a community anchor, employing ...
Ilana Preuss connects and supports entrepreneurs and local economies in many ways. Through her company, Recast City, LLC, Preuss advocates for local economic growth through what she calls small-scale ...
Saturday, March 14, 2020, was even busier than the typical bustling Saturday at Ladybird Diner in Lawrence, Kansas. Bottles of handmade hand sanitizer were perched on each table. It was Pi Day, a ...
The evidence of Big Tech oligarchs and corporate monopolies dominating our markets and controlling our politics is abundantly clear. But, there is a flip side to this coin. There is a vibrant and ...
In fact, that very idea is the center of this week’s episode of Building Local Power. Knox has been a leader in ILSR’s effort to provide resources and tools to help states fight monopolies, and he’s ...
Mapping our State Antitrust Laws. This map, built from a database of antitrust statutes of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is intended to give policymakers and advocates a guide to what ...
In late 2024, Rachel Hernandez ran a successful campaign to become mayor of Riverbank, California. A small town at the top of the state’s central valley, Riverbank may not fit into what you imagine as ...
In 2024, Arizona (1.8 GW) joined California (39.4 GW), Texas (25.4 GW), Florida (13.8 GW) and North Carolina (7.3 GW) as the top five solar capacity states.. But Hawai’i, Maine, Massachusetts, ...
Welcome to ILSR’s interactive map and database of state antitrust laws. This map, built from a database of antitrust statutes of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is intended to give ...