July 23, 2012
IBM To Award Grants to Innovative Cities
IBM To Award Grants to Innovative Cities
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July 27, 2012
NLC Calls on Congress to Allow Cities to Collect Owed Sales Taxes
Calling for local authority to collect sales taxes owed on internet purchases, NLC and several other associations sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee before its hearing on the Marketplace Equity Act (H.R. 3179).
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July 27, 2012
NLC Sponsors New Mutual Bond Insurer
With the endorsement of NLC, Build America Mutual (BAM) launched today, adding a mutual insurer to the municipal bond market.
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July 27, 2012
Emerging Issues: Can Local Democracy Save National Democracy?
Politics is the way we live together. We cannot do it perfectly, but we are not fated to do it as badly as we do now.
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July 26, 2012
NLC.org Gets New Features, New Look
Visitors to www.nlc.org will notice new features and a new look as part of an upgrade to the website's content management system.
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July 26, 2012
NLC to Congress: Affordability, Flexibility Key to Water Quality Protection
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker testified before the House of Representatives on the the ways EPA and Congress can partner more effectively with local governments to make smart investments to protect water quality.
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July 23, 2012
Nashville Welcomes NLC Leadership, Policy Committees and YEF Council
Nashville Welcomes NLC Leadership, Policy Committees and YEF Council
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July 18, 2012
NLC Joins First Lady in Announcing New Initiative to Support Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties
NLC President Ted Ellis joined First Lady Michelle Obama and other city leaders to announce a new NLC project that will help local officials reduce childhood obesity. As part of this project, NLC will lead efforts to enhance the work of Let’s Move! Cities, Towns, and Counties.
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July 18, 2012
The National League of Cities Announces Long-term Support for Let’s Move Cities, Towns and Counties
National League of Cities (NLC) President Ted Ellis, Bluffton, IN announces a new project to provide long-term support for local elected officials, including those participating in Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC). The announcement came as Mayor Ellis joined First Lady Michelle Obama in Philadelphia to promote the Let’s Move! initiative which is dedicated to solving the problem of childhood obesity with a generation.
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July 16, 2012
NLC Prepares to Head to the National Political Conventions
With months remaining until the presidential election, planning is underway to send NLC delegations to both conventions: RNC (Tampa Bay) from August 27 to 30, and DNC (Charlotte) the week of September 3. NLC President Ted Ellis will lead both delegations. Contact us if you would like to be added to the list for on-site communications.
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