Keep Compost Local outlines how local governments can partner with community composters to advance composting goals.

These composting operations center the local community in their work and services, primarily through keeping the composting process local and distributed, but also by providing community engagement ...

For decades, powerful big-box stores and supermarket chains have used their power to demand sweetheart deals and low prices from suppliers — leaving small, independent stores to pay more for the same ...

But good things happened, too. In 2025, we saw seven new municipal broadband networks across the country that were lit up for service. As is usual, it was a mixture of partnerships, business models, ...

Join the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) on Friday, February 13th, 2026 for a virtual briefing on Amazon’s growing capture of your local public dollars — and what you can do about it. ILSR’s ...