Katy Milani works with coalition partners and policymakers on antimonopoly and small business policy and advocacy.

ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative supported the development of a new toolkit to guide communities affected by wildfires and other sources of pollution on how to safely assess and remediate ...

Ron Knox is a senior researcher and policy advocate for ILSR’s Independent Business Initiative. A combined storyteller and antitrust expert, Ron is building our deep bench of reporting and research on ...

ILSR’s Composting for Community research and resources contributed to a first-of-its-kind, interactive guide on composting for oceanic health. When it comes to protecting our oceans and coastlines, ...

John Farrell is this week’s guest. To hear him tell it, one of the most important lessons he took from David Morris was that the idea of clean energy itself isn’t enough. In addition to the climate, ...

ILSR hosted a congressional briefing featuring antitrust experts, small business owners, and lawmakers to hear about unfair corporate pricing practices that are squeezing small businesses.

In addition to the statewide surcharges, Ohio's Solid Waste Management Districts are authorized to assesses disposal surcharges per ton of material disposed. Hamilton County, comprising one of Ohio’s ...

Course Objectives Upon completion of modules, assignments, and assessments, participants will be able to: Define compost and composting Identify ways in which compost can benefit soil, plants, ...

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States Ron Knox explores how state officials are continuing efforts to bring more access, opportunity, and affordability to their residents through ...

Community leaders have good reason to be concerned about chain dollar stores. Here's an explanation of 17 ways dollar stores can hurt communities.

How Amazon uses its monopoly power to extract extreme and rapidly growing fees from businesses on their site that have little choice to reach customers.

With democratic control, cooperatives have the potential to be very responsive to member interests. Roanoke Electric Cooperative (REC) in North Carolina recently undertook an on-bill financing program ...