During GLBTLO's meeting at NLC's Congressional City Conference in March, a number of topics were discussed which related to membership growth, opportunities for members to lobby Congressional representatives about NLC's legislative priorities, and LGBT issues affecting cities and towns.
In a recent GOVERNING issue brief, “Improving Revenue Recovery”, Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc. (Pioneer), an NLC Corporate Partner, addresses how a professional collections partner can help government agencies balance their budgets and offer assistance in filling the gaps.
On May 11th Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, will celebrate National Train Day in cities across the country. Amtrak also celebrates their continued growth in ridership with March of this year becoming the busiest month in the system's 40-year history.
The objective of LivCom is to develop and share International Best Practice, with the further objective of improving the quality of life of individual citizens through the creation of ‘livable communities’.
Voters trust local government to address the issues that matter most to them more than any other level of government according to results from a new Mason-Dixon poll for the National League of Cities
NLC expressed disappointment with the Administration's 2014 Budget that included a proposal to cap the amount of municipal bond interest that can be deducted from taxes. Municipal bonds are the primary mechanism utilized by cities to fund their infrastructure investments.
In honor of Earth Month, NLC's Sustainability Program is hosting a webinar series highlighting city leadership in sustainability. The series will highlight four communities across the U.S. that have produced innovative programs critical to moving the sustainability conversation forward in their communities.
NLC co-sponsored the first-ever Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service on April 9. Led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the recognition focuses on AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers who help city leaders every day by managing community volunteers, providing health services, restoring city parks and through countless other acts of service that strengthen cities and towns.
Columnist Neal Peirce writes about the hype of three-dimensional printing -- a fast-emerging technology that one day may be able to reproduce any object --and how 3-D printing machines could change the future of the world's cities, perhaps dramatically.
This article is the third in a series of four designed to educate NLC members about the Workforce Investment Act.
