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  • More States Close Tax Loophole that Gives Chains an Edge

    More States Close Tax Loophole that Gives Chains an Edge

    For years, chain retailers have exploited a loophole present in the tax laws of about half the states to escape paying billions of dollars in...

    Stacy Mitchell

    Mar 6, 2008

    Four Corporate Tax Loopholes States Should Close

    Four Corporate Tax Loopholes States Should Close

    Doing so would ease budget shortfalls and restore a measure of fairnessfor small businesses, which lack access to these loopholes and end upshouldering a heavier...

    Stacy Mitchell

    Mar 12, 2009

    How Chain Stores Evade Paying State Taxes. . .And What to do About It

    How Chain Stores Evade Paying State Taxes. . .And What to do About It

    Many retail chains, including Victoria’s Secret and Toys "R" Us, earn profits at stores nationwide, but have developed an accounting scheme to evade paying their...

    Stacy Mitchell

    Jul 1, 2003

    Make the Tax System Fair for Small Business
  • Article
  • Make the Tax System Fair for Small Business

    How to reform the tax system to help small businesses - essential for robust economies, community well-being, and healthy democracies - compete on a level...

    Stacy Mitchell, Susan Holmberg

    Sep 28, 2024

    More Than the Sum of the Parts – Episode 7 of Unbuffered
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  • More Than the Sum of the Parts – Episode 7 of Unbuffered

    A conversation about AI policy, emergent systems, distributed knowledge, and why the things that are easiest to measure “might not be the right things to...

    Jordan Pittman

    May 5, 2026

    Does the NFIB Really Represent the Interests of Independent Businesses?

    Does the NFIB Really Represent the Interests of Independent Businesses?

    Today, in the New York Times small business blog, Robb Mandelbaum examines the membership of the National Federation of Independent Businesses has plummeted and takes...

    Stacy Mitchell

    Sep 3, 2009

    Vermont Closes Chain Store Tax Loophole

    Vermont Closes Chain Store Tax Loophole

    In May, Vermont became the seventeenth state in the nation to close a loophole that major chain retailers are using to evade paying state income...

    Stacy Mitchell

    Aug 9, 2004

    Hilarious Video Compares Fiber to the Home with Fiber to the Node
  • Article
  • Hilarious Video Compares Fiber to the Home with Fiber to the Node

    Another great video from Australia makes many salient points regarding the debate over their national broadband network. One key point to take away is that...

    Christopher Mitchell

    Oct 20, 2013

    Small Business
    May 10, 2024

    Small Business

    The UTOPIA Model — Open Access and Community Broadband – Episode 3 of Unbuffered
    Fiber Optic Cables
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  • The UTOPIA Model — Open Access and Community Broadband – Episode 3 of Unbuffered

    A deep dive into one of the most successful municipal fiber networks in the country—and what other communities can learn from it

    Jordan Pittman

    Apr 10, 2026

    The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 2 – They Underestimated Us
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  • The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 2 – They Underestimated Us

    A proposed data center galvanizes resistance in a small West Virginia community, sparking a fight over state vs. local control.

    Danny Caine

    Apr 30, 2026

    Chelan Public Utility District – Fiber-Optic Line Extension Policy
  • Local Policy
  • Chelan Public Utility District – Fiber-Optic Line Extension Policy

    Chelan is in a rural region of Washington state and was a pioneer in rural fiber networks, investing high-speed connections for citizens and businesses long...

    ILSR

    Apr 14, 2011

    A Nonprofit Builds Community and Connections in Montana
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  • A Nonprofit Builds Community and Connections in Montana

    The Missoula Valley Internet Cooperative has successfully raised funds and designed, deployed, and launched a wireless mesh network delivering 150 Megabit per second (Mbps) symmetrical service to more than...

    Ry Marcattilio-McCracken

    Dec 14, 2021

    Community Solar Tracker
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  • Community Solar Tracker

    Explore the latest quarterly update on community solar capacity.

    Ingrid Behrsin

    May 20, 2026

    Solar and Portable Batteries Save Lives after Storms — Episode 262 of Local Energy Rules
    Solar panels on a church in New Orleans
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  • Solar and Portable Batteries Save Lives after Storms — Episode 262 of Local Energy Rules

    NOLA’s Community Lighthouse initiative creates local hubs with rooftop solar and portable batteries to save lives after storms.

    Ingrid Behrsin

    Jan 14, 2026

    Black Churches Power Up A Solar Revival — Episode 268 of Local Energy Rules
    Electric vehicle charging stations developed as a collaboration between Green the Church RED and Green the Church DC.
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  • Black Churches Power Up A Solar Revival — Episode 268 of Local Energy Rules

    What makes faith communities such attractive hosts for resilience hubs?

    Ingrid Behrsin

    Apr 8, 2026

    Our Big List of Covid-19 Assistance Programs
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  • Our Big List of Covid-19 Assistance Programs

    ILSR built a list of grant and loan programs that helped small, locally owned businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Kennedy Smith

    May 26, 2020

    NEW BRIEF: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic
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  • NEW BRIEF: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic

    “It’s time to revisit and reimagine the proactive role tax policy can have in enabling fair competition,” says Susan Holmberg, a co-author of the report.

    Reggie Rucker

    Mar 30, 2023

    The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 3 – Contamination Without Representation
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  • The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 3 – Contamination Without Representation

    Elon Musk's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis reflects a historical pattern of corporations siting polluting facilities in poor or Black neighborhoods.

    Danny Caine

    May 14, 2026

    Wireless Networks

    Wireless Networks

    Rules to encourage wireless networks – offering both universal and hotspot coverage.  Some are owned by the local government, other are groups of citizen activists...

    ILSR

    Jan 9, 2009

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