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LSSC’s new report, Winning Strategies for Combating Abusive Preemption, can serve as action-oriented inspiration for both the well-tenured and emerging leaders whose creativity and passion pushes our fight forward.
“Whenever we have a setback, that doesn’t mean it’s not the time to invest. In fact, that’s the time to double down. “
This resource from ChangeLab Solutions and the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), newly updated for 2025, provides advocates with the research and data they need to document the harmful consequences of preemption and advocate for repealing inequitable preemption laws.
The fourth edition of The Local Power & Politics Review is now live – the latest edition of this annual publication that explores how abusive preemption legislation has permeated so many areas of American policy. The new edition covers a wide range of issue areas – from abortion access to local environmental action to LGBTQ+ equality to prosecutorial discretion.
LSSC's Spotlight Series profiles just a sampling of our incredible partners in the preemption space. By sharing these profiles, we aim to highlight the important work of our colleagues and demonstrate how the different prongs of our work (campaigns, communications, research, legal and home rule reform) all connect and play an essential role in combating abusive preemption.
A new white paper from Local Progress and Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), Driving Toward Equitable Traffic Enforcement, offers local advocates and policymakers a roadmap for advancing traffic safety policies that promote driving equity - while highlighting preemption-related concerns to keep in mind.
Rick Su, Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, has written a new white paper for LSSC that charts the growth and evolution of immigration-related preemption measures in recent years.
A new white paper by Richard Briffault for Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), Preemption of Local Election Administration, looks at these abusive preemption trends and their impact on our democracy. The report is an update to a July 2022 white paper from Briffault which first explored this emerging preemption trend.
LSSC is piecing together the big takeaways from this year’s sessions - and the result is an alarming picture of how preemption is playing a central role in larger efforts to weaken American democracy.
This paper is a brief update to our earlier white paper, “Preempting Progress: States Take Aim at Local Prosecutors,” cataloging attempts to curtail the discretion of local prosecutors. In this update, we also address successful efforts to push back against the efforts to strip power from local prosecutors and the communities that elected them.