Various Sources, November 25-30, 2013 ILSR was mentioned in a number of stories related to the start of the holiday shopping season. Below are links...
CommonDreams, November 26, 2013 For those suffering from too much quality time with their families, the chain stores are poised to offer an escape by...
Shreveport Times, August 25, 2013 A few years ago, it took much longer to book a child into Caddo Parish’s juvenile detention system than it...
WNUR-FM, Chicago – This is Hell, show, August 24, 2013 Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where she directs...
Business Week, August 22, 2013 There are 3,200 utilities that make up the U.S. electrical grid, the largest machine in the world. These power companies...
The River Reporter, July 24, 2013 Electrifying rural America and bringing universal telephone access to its citizens were enormous undertakings in the past century. Now,...
KCET, June 24, 2013 As we’ve reported here before, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is embarking on a program in which it...
Fierce Telecom, April 10, 2013 In a state where municipal broadband is largely unwelcome–thanks to a Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL)-supported...
Government Technology, April 1, 2013 Great politicians can explain complex issues quickly and simply. That’s what Franklin Delano Roosevelt did on Sept. 21, 1932, when,...
Motherboard, March 21, 2013 Google just announced that it plans on expanding its high-speed fiber-optic service beyond Kansas City, and into another fast-growing nearby city,...
Silicon Beat, March 11, 2013 Walmart has about 4,500 stores in the United States (which includes retail stores, Sam’s Clubs and distribution centers). That’s a...
Renewables International, March 7, 2013 The Institute for Local-Reliance (ILSR) has begun publishing a series of Local Energy Rules podcasts. Installments will be added twice...
Government Technology, March 5, 2013 About 340 communities nationwide offer publicly-owned fiber-optic or cable networks, according to a new map from the Institute for Local...
Motherboard, February 28, 2013 Look outside of your window: if you see miles of farmland, chances are you have terrible internet service. That’s because major...
Various Media Outlets, February 2013 ILSR’s annual Independent Business Survey gathers data from thousands of locally owned, independent businesses across the country. The 2013 Independent Business...