NLC elected Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor, Avondale, Arizona, to be president for 2013; Chris Coleman, Mayor, St. Paul, Minnesota to be First Vice President and Ralph Becker, Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah to be Second Vice President. NLC also appointed Clarence Anthony to be the new executive director.
Representatives from the White House joined friends, family and colleagues to honor NLC Executive Director Don Borut's long public service career. The celebration came before Borut's official retirement at the end of the year.
NLC joined a group of associations in urging Congress to strengthen, not weaken, the tax-exempt bond market due to its essential role in financing the nation’s infrastructure needs.
The City Cultural Diversity Awards recognize creative and successful municipal programs that are designed to improve and promote cultural diversity through a collaborative process with city officials, community leaders and residents.
This new City Practice Brief highlights four operational regional cooperation agreements being used to spur economic development in Ohio’s Montgomery and Cuyahoga Counties, the Metro Denver region, and California’s East Bay. The report offers key strategies to consider when developing an agreement for your own region.
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NLC President Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor, Avondale, AZ, responding to passage of the bill to avert a fiscal cliff said, “As debates over spending continue in the new year, federal lawmakers must use a balanced approach to deficit reduction and must preserve the essential federal investments that drive growth and job creation in our communities. We must not solve our country's fiscal problems on the backs of our communities and our families."
NLC President Marie Lopez Rogers released a statement in response to Vice President’s call with mayors from across the country regarding guns. The call came in the wake of the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) press conference on Friday, December 21 discussing the Newtown, CT shooting.
Former NLC President John DeStefano, mayor, New Haven, CT, responded to the National Rifle Association (NRA) press conference saying, "Our nation needs serious answers and today's press conference had a very clear message - that the NRA doesn't want to be part of a meaningful solution."
NLC has put together resources outlining the potential impact of sequestration for local governments. The resources can help inform cities about how to send a unified message to Congress to act now to find a bipartisan and balanced solution to reducing the deficit, not one that will undermine the economy.
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