“Legislation proposed in Virginia and Missouri would tighten the noose that restricts local governments from creating broadband options. In Virginia, the bill comes from a...
In this story for CBS’ Money Watch blog, retail hiring gains the spotlight. While there have been a lot of ink spilled on the benefits...
Trump’s FCC has vowed to dismantle the open internet. Here’s what normal people can do to save net neutrality and destroy big telecom’s stranglehold on...
In the USA Today network, our own co-director Stacy Mitchell was quoted to detail the quality level of the types of jobs that Amazon would...
Since the publication of our landmark Amazon report in November of 2016, it’s been no secret that the level of subsidies the e-commerce giant has...
ILSR is featured in this story from BuzzFeed News on the impact that Amazon’s announced 100,000 jobs will have on the economy and the labor...
In a Reuters wire service release, Amazon follower Jeffrey Dastin cited our landmark Amazon report that details the growth of the e-commerce giant and the...
Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and co-author of the recent report, “Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip is Stifling Competition,...
This may well be the year of local government broadband solutions. For some communities, it will be because they are prepared to step up and...
The telecom industry’s favorite Congressperson, Marsha Blackburn, has recently been elevated in Trump’s Washington. For their analysis on what that could mean for municipal broadband...
Telecompetitor featured the update to our “Community Networks Map” that details all the levels of broadband networks across America. … Read More
This article from the Chicagoist cites our landmark Amazon report as it was the basis for a local group’s efforts to protest against Amazon’s physical...
Local-based composting programs are growing in popularity across the United States, as municipalities are increasingly coming to realize that there is great value in the...
As Baltimore is looking toward a better connectivity for its citizens, the Baltimore Sun wanted to know what the benefits and process for a community...
As a springboard into a larger conversation about Amazon as a monopoly, the Pacific Standard‘s freelance journalist Dwyer Gunn covered our landmark Amazon report and...