National Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies

Mayor Paul Soglin and Tom Hayden chatting at the National Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies held on the St. Edward's University Campus.

National Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies was an Institute for Policy Studies spinoff initiated in 1975. It brought together progressive legislators to "develop more equitable legislation." Its work is not carried out by the Cities for Progress project.

In 1979 Don Rose, a mentor to Barack Obama's David Axelrod, served in the leadership of the CASLP.

Ways & Means

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Ways & Means was a bimonthly publication of the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies.

"Ways & Means is a bimonthly publication of the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies. Since the Conference was founded in June 1975, it has provided a major meeting place and forum for ideas of progressive elected officials, community organizers, political activists, and technically trained experts interested in alternative policies and programs at the state and local level. In addition to holding an annual national meeting, the organization holds frequent regional, statewide, and issue conferences which focus on the increasingly complex problems facing state and local government today."

• Lee Webb, Executive Director
• Ann Beaudry, Associate Director
• Jeanne Schinto, Editor

Ways & Means Staff

• Michael Freedberg
• Patrice Gallagher
• Cynthia Guyer
• Jim Higgins
• Maureen Lilly
• Deborah Murphy
• Gail Prostrollo
• Paula Schaedlich
• Bill Schweke

External links

• Guide to the Conference On Alternative State And Local Policies Records