A tool to help consumers, reporters, and policymakers explore the effect of utility profit rates on electricity bills. Select a state, and either enter or select your monthly bill amount to calculate ...

Across the nation, families and individuals are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing electric bills. Electricity prices have soared in recent years, dramatically outpacing both inflation and wage ...

A law that will give New Yorkers the power to fight rising grocery prices and shrink food deserts is now one step closer to becoming reality. This week, the New York State Assembly’s Consumer Affairs ...

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To illuminate how consolidation shapes food access, ILSR created an interactive map that shows food deserts alongside the location of different types of grocery stores — independent, small chains, ...

We recognize the biggest challenges in the U.S. today are corporate control and diminishing community power which undermines the strength of our democracy and local economies. For us, local ...

Millions of Americans live in communities that are both low-income and lacking a grocery store, also known as food deserts. Not having a place to buy fresh food nearby imposes a daily hardship and ...

The food waste crisis continues to spoil progress for communities across the United States. The current burn-and-bury paradigm emits harmful pollutants, perpetuates environmental injustice, and ...

For decades, powerful big-box stores and supermarket chains have used their power to demand sweetheart deals and low prices from suppliers — leaving small, independent stores to pay more for the same ...

New York is facing an affordability crisis rooted in a deeper problem: too many essential systems are controlled by distant corporations. This has left residents with high grocery and energy costs, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 12, 2025) — Judge Furman granted the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s motion to unseal previously redacted details in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) complaint ...

ILSR has conducted a sweeping investigation that reveals Amazon has quietly become a major force in how cities, counties, and school districts purchase basic supplies — and that its tightening grip is ...