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National League of Cities to Partner on MacArthur-Funded Study of City Fiscal Capacity (May 21, 2012)
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NLC Opposes Legislation that Undermines Partnership with the Federal Government
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Arizona Immigration Law Creates Climate of Fear and an Undue Financial Burden for Cities (April 25, 2012)
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National League of Cities Encourages Congress to Pass a Long Term Transportation Bill (April 18, 2012)
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Cities' Jobs Response: We Need Congress to Invest in People, Cities and Growth (April 6, 2012)
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National League of Cities Thanks Both Parties for JOBS Act (April 5, 2012)
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National League of Cities' Leadership Meets with President Obama at The White House (March 12, 2012)
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New Research Shows Cities Still Working Through Recession and Recovery; Today’s Jobs Number Shows There’s More Work to be Done (March 9, 2012)
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National League of Cities Tells Washington: Stop The Games and Start Working (January 24, 2012)
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Cities Cut Jobs and Infrastructure as Finances Continue to Weaken (September 27, 2011)
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4/19/12 It's Time for a Presidential Youth Council Huffington Post

4/19/12 Results-Based Barriers, Robbing Peter to Save Paul Money, and the Power of Bad Data Governing

4/18/12 Latest Transportation Extension May Mean Progress The Bond Buyer

4/13/12 Training for the Jobless New York Times (Letter to the Editor)

4/11/12 Online sales tax battle pits Amazon against Norquist and Sen. DeMint The Hill

4/9/12 The Fight Over Retraining the Unemployed Bloomberg Business Week

4/9/12 Weighing Costs of Demolition or Preservation New York Times blog

4/8/12 Despite recovery, US public employees face more layoffs Reuters

4/6/12 Government Job Losses Flattening Out Wall Street Journal blog

4/4/12 Tax Receipts Buoy State-Local Government Employment Trend Bloomberg

4/4/12 GAO Study Highlights Trends in Pension Reform, Challenges Nationwide Public CEO