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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.
This memo from Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), the hub dedicated to defending and advancing local democracy, details the trends our team is tracking during the first three months of the 2024 legislative season.
The piece was written by Jessy Correa, a program manager with Cornerstone Connections in Orange County, and a survivor of domestic violence who advocates for women; and Santra Denis, executive director of the Miami Workers Center.
Lawmakers in Tallahassee are poised to wrap regular session later next week (3/8), but there are a number of abusive preemption bills we’re tracking between now and then.