The Local Solutions Support Center is a national hub that coordinates and creates efforts to counter the abuse of preemption and strengthen local democracy.
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Corporations are often the loudest voices pushing lawmakers to use abusive preemption legislation – usually with the effect of undercutting labor protections & regulations. In this new video, Ida V. Eskamani of @StateInnovation shares a story illustrating how this often works.
Communities may disagree about energy, growth, or industrial policy, yet still collectively object when decisions about electricity, transmission, water, subsidies, & public cost are made elsewhere. Get the facts in our new issue brief on AI data centers: supportdemocracy.org/the-lat…
Across the country, state legislatures are increasingly abusing preemption to undermine a healthy democracy & harm people, perpetuating harmful, oppressive systems. Watch advocates & experts share the ways abusive preemption has harmed their communities. supportdemocracy.org/the-lat…
Communities are electing prosecutors who work to reduce excessive prison sentences & fines, but state lawmakers are using abusive preemption laws to undermine or overrule them. Learn more in our new blog from @uarkansas Prof. Jorge Camacho: supportdemocracy.org/the-lat…
Who decides when a data center goes in your backyard? For many communities, the answer is corporations and state elected officials due to abusive preemption overruling local preferences.
Read our new issue brief from @NUSingapore Prof. Justin Kollar: supportdemocracy.org/the-lat…
Over 1,000 abusive preemption bills were introduced this year to reduce local control over public education, immigration protections, LGBTQ+ rights, gun safety, and more. Get the facts in our new report on the 2026 legislative session 📝 supportdemocracy.org/crossro…
Abusive preemption bills are how state legislatures are advancing the most harmful policy priorities of the Trump administration, undermining local control and weakening our democracy. Get the facts via our new report on the 2026 legislative session: supportdemocracy.org/crossro…
TN + FL were the biggest offenders in turning abusive preemption legislation into law this year, passing laws related to climate protections, development, data centers, elections & more. Learn about abusive preemption trends in 2026 via our new report: supportdemocracy.org/crossro…
If your state is highlighted in red, your local government may have less control over policy than last year. States are increasingly using abusive preemption to advance corporate interests & undermine local control. Get the facts in our new report: supportdemocracy.org/crossro…
OUT NOW: Democracy at a Crossroads: Abusive Preemption in 2026 & the Fight to Reclaim Local Power 📝
Abusive preemption is how local lawmakers enforce Trump’s authoritarian agenda & weaken our democracy by undermining local control. Read the report: supportdemocracy.org/crossro…
Between the Death Star 2.0 law and a years-long campaign to undermine local control in every facet of governance, Florida is one of the biggest offenders in abusive preemption legislation in the country. Get the facts in a new piece from @insideclimate 📷 insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
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Black moms aren't just leaving the workforce – they're being pushed out due to the cost of childcare, cuts to the federal workforce, and the inaccessibility of supportive policies like paid leave. latimes.com/business/story/2…
From restricting minimum wage efforts to limiting all local power on development, taxation, & more, corporations have been exerting control over communities by pushing state bans on local power for decades. Get the facts in @powerswitchaction’s new report: powerswitchaction.org/resour…
Corporations are pressuring local lawmakers to push abusive preemption policies that help them exert control & pad their bottom lines. @powerswitchact has a great new report outlining exactly how these actions harm our democracy – read the report: powerswitchaction.org/resour…
Land-use policy impacts how localities can advance affordable housing, new businesses, and more, and is a common tactic to control communities through abusive preemption.
138 of these bills became law. Get the facts on preemption and land-use: news.ballotpedia.org/2026/08…
Communities across the country are having debates about the impact + safety of data centers & AI on their daily lives. But in many states, lawmakers are using abusive preemption to squash debate + prevent communities from regulating AI. Learn more: urban.org/urban-wire/should-…
Communities across the country are having debates about the impact + safety of data centers & AI on their daily lives. But in many states, lawmakers are using abusive preemption to squash debate + prevent communities from regulating AI. Learn more: urban.org/urban-wire/should-…
Drag ban laws are extreme, anti-LGBTQ+ forms of abusive preemption that harm communities and restrict free speech. A TX judge recently ruled that this harmful law is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. Get the facts about the ruling: texastribune.org/2026/08/25/…
Trans and nonbinary people have been the primary target of anti-LGBTQ+ abusive preemption bills in recent years – especially youth in schools around bathroom access, pronouns, and school sports.
Learn more via @The_LSSC @ABetterBalance and @EqualityFed: supportdemocracy.org/LGBTQ20…
Iowa attacked nondiscrimination protections by removing gender identity as a protected class from state law and barring localities from discrimination protections for those not in a protected class.
Learn more via @The_LSSC @ABetterBalance & @EqualityFed: supportdemocracy.org/LGBTQ20…
