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3.23.18

Exclusive in USA TODAY: Op-ed in partnership with Local Solutions Support Center

#DefendLocal worked together with the Local Solutions Support Center, a New York-based hub for nonpartisan preemption education strategies, to place... Read more »

3.2.18

Opinion: What happens when local control is inconvenient?

CDLS recently worked with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy on an op-ed about the latest over-reaching preemption... Read more »

2.5.18

Opinion: FL Cities are fighting for home rule

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, on behalf of the Campaign to Defend Local Solutions, partnered with the League of Women Voters... Read more »

11.29.17

Our Tennessee Op-ed: State laws favor armed protesters over public safety

Our op-ed written in collaboration with Millington Alderman Frankie Dakin has been published in the following outlets: The Memphis Commercial... Read more »

Florida Op-ed: Preemption bills a self-serving war on cities

Our Campaign Manager’s op-ed on the war on Florida cities has been featured in the following outlets: The Tallahassee Democrat... Read more »

11.15.17

Our Michigan Op-ed: Local communities deserve to make their own choices

We put this op-ed out in conjunction with Christopher Mitchell, the Community Broadband Networks initiative director at the Institute for... Read more »

10.6.17

Our North Carolina Op-Ed: State Lawmakers Choose Winners and Losers Through Preemption

Four CDLS members and prominent North Carolina local elected officials have weighed in against preemption in a new op-ed running... Read more »

10.1.17

Our Arizona Op-Ed: Arizona local officials fighting for local control, local voices

This op-ed, written in collaboration with a number of Arizona local officials, has been featured in the following outlets: Tucson... Read more »

7.12.17

Local Control Under Threat in Texas

“Undercutting local control is what Gov. Greg Abbott wants. In signing the statewide ban on texting and driving, he decried the ‘patchwork... Read more »

7.3.17

Tallahassee Democrat: Time to end the preemption binge

“The Legislature has been on a pre-emption binge in the last several years, claiming that economic development and individual freedom... Read more »

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