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  • Sustainability & Resilience

Where Things Stand on Water Infrastructure Legislation in Congress

Arts & Culture

What a Comic Book for Zoning Can Teach Us About Public Engagement

BY: CitiesSpeak Guest

Leadership

Jeffersontown, Ky.: An Exclusive Tour for Suburban Municipalities Council Leaders

BY: Mandeep Ladhar

American Rescue Plan Act

Avoiding the Funding Cliff: Exploring New Infrastructure Funding Sources

BY: NLC Partnerships

Community Schools and the Power of Local Leadership

By:
  1. Brandis Stockman

Transit’s Big Impact in Smaller Urban Areas like Flagstaff

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

Propane, the Key to $1.5 Billion in Federal Transit Grants

By:
  1. NLC Partnerships

Charting a New Path: A Leadership Story in Stamps, AR 

By:
  1. Katya Mayer

From Stuck to Upgraded: S&P Global Rating’s Insights into Better Municipal Credit Ratings

By:
  1. Samantha Pedrosa

How Focusing on Early Literacy Can Create a Generation of Readers

By:
  1. Lara Burt
  2. Kathryn Shibuya

Honolulu’s Early Eviction Mediation and Rental Assistance Program’s Success

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

Building a Community of Care: How a City in Vermont Empowers their Arabic-Speaking Community

By:
  1. Justin Chu

Jump Starting Economic Mobility: How Savannah Is Investing in its Youth Workforce

By:
  1. Van R. Johnson II

How to Make Universal Pre-K a Reality in Your Community

By:
  1. Lara Burt
  2. Kathryn Shibuya

Food Access and the One, Big, Beautiful Bill

By:
  1. Patrick Hain
  2. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman

Development Without Displacement: Centering Communities Through Housing Preservation

By:
  1. Tomeka Lee

How Little Rock is Addressing Youth Hunger

By:
  1. Patrick Hain

From Congress to Community: City of Phoenix’s Homelessness Support Initiative

By:
  1. Dante Moreno

Mayoral Support of Summer Learning Programs: An Interview with Madison, WI Mayor Rhodes-Conway

By:
  1. Brandis Stockman

Direct Pay, Direct Impact: How IRA Changes Could Shape Local Clean Energy Projects

By:
  1. Carolyn Berndt

In-District Advocacy: Making the Most of Congressional Recess

By:
  1. Archana Sridhar

From Data to Decisions: Fighting Flood Risks with ACS Data

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

Restore Advance Refunding: A Smart, Bipartisan Fix for Local Infrastructure

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

2024-2025 Supreme Court Term Roundup: Decisions Important to Local Government

By:
  1. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman

Unlocking Efficiency: Best Practices for Development Review Success

By:
  1. NLC Partnerships

Southern Success Stories: 20 Cities Creating Opportunity

By:
  1. Kayla Anthony
  2. Rosanna Mulcahy

Use AI to Transform City Operations

By:
  1. NLC Partnerships

Five Things Local Leaders Should Know about the American AI Action Plan

By:
  1. Angelina Panettieri

How Data Can Guide Healthy Housing Decision Making

By:
  1. Brandon Boccher

Chandler, Arizona’s Best Practices Toward a Credit Rating Upgrade

By:
  1. Samantha Pedrosa

Creative Cites: A Conversation with Loveland, CO Mayor Jacki Marsh

By:
  1. Georgia Gempler

Creative Cites: A Conversation with Providence, RI Mayor Brett Smiley

By:
  1. Georgia Gempler

What the State of the Cities Report Says About Mayoral Priorities on Health & Wellbeing

By:
  1. Sarah Weller-Pegna, MPH
  2. Lourdes Aceves, MPP

Creative Cites: A Conversation with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor

By:
  1. Georgia Gempler

Supreme Court Rules on Nationwide Injunctions

By:
  1. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman

Rapid Grants, Innovative Ideas: Developing Economic Mobility Strategies in 2025

By:
  1. Justin Chu

How a Federal Funding Freeze Impacts Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs

By:
  1. Brandis Stockman
  2. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman

Local Impacts from Congress’ One, Big, Beautiful Bill

By:
  1. Carolyn Berndt
  2. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
  3. Brittney D. Kohler
  4. Dante Moreno
  5. Yucel Ors
  6. Angelina Panettieri
  7. Michael Wallace

Saving Lives in a Warming World: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Deliver Critical Heat Relief

By:
  1. NLC Partnerships

Development Without Displacement: Safeguarding Municipalities Near Transit Projects

By:
  1. Tomeka Lee

Put Your City’s Public Art on the Map with the Public Art Archive

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

Transforming Public Safety Through Partnerships: Focused Deterrence in Dallas

By:
  1. Maryam Ahmed

Dallas City Leaders Approve Landmark Ordinance to Support Missing Middle Housing

By:
  1. CitiesSpeak Guest

How Executive Actions Impact Local Governments’ Ability to Improve the Economic Mobility of Their Residents

By:
  1. Diana Goldsmith

NLC Joins LocalGov 250: A Celebration of Local Government in American History

By:
  1. Clarence E. Anthony

The State of Eviction Prevention Policies & Programs in the U.S.

By:
  1. Hannah Olsen

AT&T Connected Learning Centers – How Connectivity Empowers Cities

By:
  1. NLC Partnerships

The Impact of Tariffs: Hearing from Local Leaders

Small Cities, Bigger Paychecks: Employee Wage and Salary Growth Reshaping Local Budgets

By:
  1. Harshita Umesh Tanksali
  2. Farhad Kaab Omeyr

States Increasingly Preempting Local Laws Governing Transgender Rights

By:
  1. Julia Bauer

How City Leaders Can Support the Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ Teens

By:
  1. Sarah Weller-Pegna, MPH

Arizona Mayors Tackle Political Polarization

By:
  1. Ian Grice
  2. Jordyn Taylor

What City Leaders Need to Know About the Senate’s Budget Reconciliation Bill 

By:
  1. Dante Moreno
  2. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
  3. Carolyn Berndt

How Connecting Children to Nature Can Help Small Cities Achieve Their Goals

By:
  1. Andrew Moore
  2. Vera Feeny