Charting a New Path: A Leadership Story in Stamps, AR
- Katya Mayer
From Stuck to Upgraded: S&P Global Rating’s Insights into Better Municipal Credit Ratings
- Samantha Pedrosa
A Mayor’s Guide to Supporting K-12 Education
How Focusing on Early Literacy Can Create a Generation of Readers
By:
- Lara Burt
- Kathryn Shibuya
Honolulu’s Early Eviction Mediation and Rental Assistance Program’s Success
- CitiesSpeak Guest
Building a Community of Care: How a City in Vermont Empowers their Arabic-Speaking Community
- Justin Chu
Jump Starting Economic Mobility: How Savannah Is Investing in its Youth Workforce
- Van R. Johnson II
How to Make Universal Pre-K a Reality in Your Community
By:
- Lara Burt
- Kathryn Shibuya
Food Access and the One, Big, Beautiful Bill
By:
- Patrick Hain
- Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
Development Without Displacement: Centering Communities Through Housing Preservation
- Tomeka Lee
How Little Rock is Addressing Youth Hunger
- Patrick Hain
From Congress to Community: City of Phoenix’s Homelessness Support Initiative
- Dante Moreno
Mayoral Support of Summer Learning Programs: An Interview with Madison, WI Mayor Rhodes-Conway
- Brandis Stockman
Direct Pay, Direct Impact: How IRA Changes Could Shape Local Clean Energy Projects
- Carolyn Berndt
In-District Advocacy: Making the Most of Congressional Recess
- Archana Sridhar
From Data to Decisions: Fighting Flood Risks with ACS Data
- CitiesSpeak Guest
Restore Advance Refunding: A Smart, Bipartisan Fix for Local Infrastructure
- CitiesSpeak Guest
2024-2025 Supreme Court Term Roundup: Decisions Important to Local Government
- Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
Members Only
From-the-Event: Supreme Court Review for Local Governments: 2024-2025
Unlocking Efficiency: Best Practices for Development Review Success
- NLC Partnerships
Southern Success Stories: 20 Cities Creating Opportunity
By:
- Kayla Anthony
- Rosanna Mulcahy
Use AI to Transform City Operations
- NLC Partnerships
Five Things Local Leaders Should Know about the American AI Action Plan
- Angelina Panettieri
How Data Can Guide Healthy Housing Decision Making
- Brandon Boccher
Chandler, Arizona’s Best Practices Toward a Credit Rating Upgrade
- Samantha Pedrosa
Members Only
Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies
Creative Cites: A Conversation with Loveland, CO Mayor Jacki Marsh
- Georgia Gempler
Creative Cites: A Conversation with Providence, RI Mayor Brett Smiley
- Georgia Gempler
Three Things to Know Video Series: July 2025
What the State of the Cities Report Says About Mayoral Priorities on Health & Wellbeing
By:
- Sarah Weller-Pegna, MPH
- Lourdes Aceves, MPP
Creative Cites: A Conversation with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor
- Georgia Gempler
State of the Cities 2025
Supreme Court Rules on Nationwide Injunctions
- Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
Rapid Grants, Innovative Ideas: Developing Economic Mobility Strategies in 2025
- Justin Chu
How a Federal Funding Freeze Impacts Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs
By:
- Brandis Stockman
- Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
Local Impacts from Congress’ One, Big, Beautiful Bill
By:
- Carolyn Berndt
- Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
- Brittney D. Kohler
- Dante Moreno
- Yucel Ors
- Angelina Panettieri
- Michael Wallace
Saving Lives in a Warming World: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Deliver Critical Heat Relief
- NLC Partnerships
Development Without Displacement: Safeguarding Municipalities Near Transit Projects
- Tomeka Lee
CitiesSpeak Podcast: Leading Through Personal Experience with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott
Put Your City’s Public Art on the Map with the Public Art Archive
- CitiesSpeak Guest
Dallas City Leaders Approve Landmark Ordinance to Support Missing Middle Housing
- CitiesSpeak Guest
How Executive Actions Impact Local Governments’ Ability to Improve the Economic Mobility of Their Residents
- Diana Goldsmith
NLC Joins LocalGov 250: A Celebration of Local Government in American History
- Clarence E. Anthony
The State of Eviction Prevention Policies & Programs in the U.S.
- Hannah Olsen
AT&T Connected Learning Centers – How Connectivity Empowers Cities
- NLC Partnerships
The Impact of Tariffs: Hearing from Local Leaders
Small Cities, Bigger Paychecks: Employee Wage and Salary Growth Reshaping Local Budgets
By:
- Harshita Umesh Tanksali
- Farhad Kaab Omeyr
States Increasingly Preempting Local Laws Governing Transgender Rights
- Julia Bauer
How City Leaders Can Support the Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ Teens
- Sarah Weller-Pegna, MPH
Arizona Mayors Tackle Political Polarization
By:
- Ian Grice
- Jordyn Taylor