In the Age of Amazon, Independent Maine Retailers Aren’t Extinct
ILSR is featured in this story from Maine Public Radio on Amazon and the facts of rising commercial rents for independent businesses.… Read More
How Amazon’s ‘invisible’ hand can shape your city
ILSR is featured in this story from Curbed on Amazon and the way that it impacts on independent businesses, local economies, and the way that our economy works. In this story, Patrick Sisson cites our policy researcher, Olivia LaVecchia.… Read More
Walmart Touts Itself As An Environmental Leader. Its Workers Say Otherwise.
Our long history with detailing the economic dominance of Walmart and how it impacts local economies is well-documented, including in its renewable energy claims. In an update to previous analysis ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell underscores the vast overcounting that Walmart engages in and how its wide rooftops speak to an effable problem of its expansion.… Read More
The cutthroat jobs strategy Amazon uses to conquer retail
ILSR’s research on the e-commerce behemoth Amazon is featured in this story from the New York Post. … Read More
Tennessee Bills Send Message on Municipal Broadband
Tennessee has long been a thorn in the side of our broadband policy research team, thanks in large part to a pair of realities. 1) Chattanooga, Tenn. has some of the best connectivity in the world thanks to its municipal broadband network and 2) there’s a restrictive state law that disables municipalities from investing in their connectivity. This piece from Next City details that trend.… Read More
In South Carolina, Liquor Giant Targets Independent Stores
For the Food & Power Blog, author Leah Douglas cites ILSR’s co-director Stacy Mitchell on the impact of monopoly in the food distribution.… Read More
Rural Tennesseans could have gotten free internet but their legislators shut it down
Tennessee has long been a thorn in the side of our broadband policy research team, thanks in large part to a pair of realities. 1) Chattanooga, Tenn. has some of the best connectivity in the world thanks to its municipal broadband network and 2) there’s a restrictive state law that disables municipalities from investing in their connectivity. It’s detailed in this piece by ThinkProgress.… Read More
Municipal Broadband Expertise Drives Coverage Of Tennessee Broadband Bill
When state legislators in Tennessee recently passed the Broadband Accessibility Act of 2017, tech writers quoted our Christopher Mitchell, who pointed out that the proposal has some serious pitfalls. Christopher’s statement appeared in several articles.… Read More
Commentary: Mull Xcel Energy’s Partnership Offer Carefully, Boulder
In this commentary published in the Boulder Daily Camera, Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell wrote that, “Municipalization comes with many challenges, but I have a few words of advice for Boulder’s city leaders about their utility’s latest offer.”… Read More