This past April, President Obama challenged businesses, non-profits, and governments to work together to provide employment this summer to low-income and disconnected youth. The White House has provided a range of resources that local elected officials may find valuable as they embark on summer jobs efforts in their communities.
Establishing a clear process for resident engagement is essential to the success of neighborhood revitalization efforts, according to NLC’s new report on “Municipal Leadership for Children and Families in Small and Mid-Sized Cities.”
Under the conference theme backdrop of "Rise of the Rustbelt - Rebuilding Our Cities through Strong Leadership," leaders and members of NLC's Women in Municipal Government (WIMG) constituency group gathered for their Annual Summer Conference May 16-18 in Chicago.
After passing the Senate Judiciary Committee, a comprehensive immigration overhaul bill is headed to the full Senate next month. NLC President Marie Lopez Rogers called on local officials to support the legislation.
Winning praise on and off Capitol Hill, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx received a warm welcome during his nomination hearing as the next Secretary of Transportation before the Senate Commerce Committee. The full Senate will consider his nomination after their Memorial Day recess.
The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is launching a "100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge." It will invest $100 million in 100 cities across the world that come up with the best and broadest plans to cope with massive natural and manmade shocks of the time.
NLC is pleased to join with the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance in recently honoring the Washington (D.C.) Metro Transit Authority (WMATA) for saving taxpayer dollars through the use of cooperative purchasing.
An NLC report highlights some of the innovative and often low-cost or no-cost approaches that city officials from small and mid-sized communities are using to strengthen public education and promote student achievement.
NLC responded to the collapsed bridge in Washington state, while urging Congress and the Administration to make the nation's transportation system, and how we finance it, an immediate priority.
NLC’s Sustainable Cities Institute launches its inaugural Steering Committee to guide and support the development of the Institute as a leading resource for and about city-led sustainability activities.
