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A New Way to Manage Rising Health Care Costs: Prevent+Protect

Census

Improve Your Community’s Count: Why Cities Should Work With the Census Bureau to Review Local Addresses

BY: CitiesSpeak Guest

Youth Engagement

What City Leaders Can Do to Support School Attendance

BY: Brandis Stockman

Civic Engagement

Advancing a Shared Mission to End Hunger

BY: NLC Partnerships

COVID-19 Local Response Principles: Support Nutrition Programs and Emergency Food Assistance to Prevent Hunger

By:
  1. Patrick Hain
  2. Becca Heilman

One Year Later: State Preemption Undermines Pandemic Response & Recovery

By:
  1. Kim Haddow

How the American Rescue Plan is Providing More Money to Families through Tax Credits

By:
  1. Patrick Hain

How One Startup Support Organization Builds Entrepreneurial Networks

By:
  1. Alan Zagier

Top Moments from the Virtual 2021 Congressional City Conference

By:
  1. Jasmine Smith

Everything You Need to Know About COVID Relief

By:
  1. Irma Esparza Diggs
  2. Michael Wallace

City Leadership and Local Transformation: Reimagining Public Safety

By:
  1. Mayor Ras Baraka
  2. Mayor David Holt

FCC Establishes Rules for New Low-Income Emergency Broadband Benefit

By:
  1. Angelina Panettieri

Celebrating Women in Local Government During Women’s History Month and Beyond

By:
  1. Kathy Maness

Meet the New and Improved Earmark: What Cities and Towns Need to Know

By:
  1. Brittney D. Kohler

How the City of Saint Paul used strategic partnerships to fight hunger in a pandemic

By:
  1. Muneer Karcher-Ramos

Why Equity in Vaccine Distribution is Critical: Four Areas to Prioritize

By:
  1. Rita Soler Ossolinski
  2. Haruka Margaret Braun

Supreme Court to Hear Immigrant Public Charge Case

By:
  1. Lisa Soronen

Rebuilding Our Local Economies with Hope through Children’s Savings Accounts

By:
  1. Kathy Maness

How to Support stormwater management and resilience in the Gulf South

By:
  1. Teal Harrison

Equity at the Ballot Box in 2021 and Beyond

By:
  1. Sara Boukdad
  2. Dana Watters

Moving Past ‘Lessons Learned’ on Resilience

Five Innovative Ways Cities are Working with Corporate Partners for Vaccine Distribution

By:
  1. Annie Osborne

Local Leaders Partnering on COVID Vaccinations: Cities and Health Departments

By:
  1. Dr. Oscar Alleyne

The Need for Local COVID Relief is Undeniable

By:
  1. Michael Gleeson

Still, We Rise: Youth Advocacy Engagement at CCC

By:
  1. Dejah Headen
  2. Komal Kaur

Navigating Town Meetings in COVID-era

By:
  1. Evan A. Lemoine, PRP

Election Security: Preparing for Cyber Incidents

By:
  1. Lewis Robinson

On Your Mind: Why Early Childhood Success is Top of Mind for Local and Organization Leaders

By:
  1. Jammie Albert

5 Areas Where Cities Will Lead Residents to Better Health in 2021

By:
  1. Katrina Forrest, JD

Leaders of Today on Youth Civic Engagement

By:
  1. Avinash Verma
  2. Giana Rocha

Mayors on Equity and COVID Vaccines: Messaging, Partnership and Confidence

By:
  1. Mayor Linda Gorton
  2. Mayor Jorge Elorza
  3. Mayor Roy Buol

How NLC REAL Helps Cities Address Racial Disparities

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Through Effective Communication and Community Engagement

By:
  1. Emily Backes
  2. Ben Kahn
  3. Dara Shefska

Working with Philanthropy to Build Economic Power in Black Communities

By:
  1. David Edgerton, III

Enumerating Homelessness: The Point-in-Time Count and Data in 2021

By:
  1. Tina Lee
  2. Natasha Leonard
  3. Lauren Lowery

Southern Star Amidst the Pandemic: Jackson, Mississippi Leads on Climate Change, Equity, and Health

The Danger of Conflating State and Local Pandemic Relief

By:
  1. Christiana McFarland
  2. Michael Gleeson
  3. Joshua Pine

Putting Americans Back to Work through Job Creation and Water Workforce Training

By:
  1. Tony Parrott

NBC-LEO Launches Reclaiming The Dream Initiative to Educate Elected Officials on Disparities in Local Government

By:
  1. Russel Neal

Local Governments Are the Answer 

By:
  1. Irma Esparza Diggs

Keeping Local Voices at the Front of 2021 Policies

By:
  1. Clarence E. Anthony

Supreme Court Midterm for Local Governments 2020-21

By:
  1. Lisa Soronen

How Cities Can Improve Pension Health During COVID-19

By:
  1. Joshua Pine

What Cities Want to See from the New Administration and Congress on Climate

By:
  1. Carolyn Berndt

Lessons from the Pandemic on Keeping People Housed in a Crisis and Beyond

By:
  1. Margaret Hagan

With city boost, crowd-lending platform seeks to close the gap for Oklahoma City entrepreneurs

By:
  1. Alan Zagier

Facing the Collapse of Small Businesses, Cities Need To Get PPP Right

By:
  1. Phillip Berkaw
  2. Della Clark

Help Your Residents Get Money This Tax Season

By:
  1. Patrick Hain

What Cities Need to Know About the EPA Lead and Copper Rule

By:
  1. Carolyn Berndt

Tracking Executive Orders Critical to Cities, Towns and Villages

By:
  1. Irma Esparza Diggs

Power, Protests, & Politics: Social Uprisings

Local Governments Win Impounded Car SCOTUS Case

By:
  1. Lisa Soronen

A New Era of Local-Federal Partnership

By:
  1. Vince Williams

How Five Cities Tackled Eviction Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

By:
  1. Natasha Leonard
  2. Alexis Butler
  3. Lauren Lowery