FEMA Act of 2025: What Local Leaders Need to Know

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  1. Yucel Ors

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Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States 

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Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Protecting the American People Against Invasion 

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Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Securing Our Borders 

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Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Unleashing American Energy  

How Cities Are Using Workforce Development to Advance Economic Mobility

By:
  1. Michael Bartlett
  2. Patrick Hain

Three Things to Know Video Series: August 2025

Mayors and Representative Kiley: NLC’s Mayors’ Education Task Force Convenes to Address Education Priorities

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

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

A Mayor’s Guide to Supporting K-12 Education

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

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  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

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  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

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From-the-Event: Supreme Court Review for Local Governments: 2024-2025 

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

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  1. Samantha Pedrosa

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Executive Actions Fact Sheet: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

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

Three Things to Know Video Series: July 2025

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

State of the Cities 2025

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

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  1. NLC Partnerships

Development Without Displacement: Safeguarding Municipalities Near Transit Projects

By:
  1. Tomeka Lee

CitiesSpeak Podcast: Leading Through Personal Experience with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott