This week, the National League of Cities (NLC) celebrated the second anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which has…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2025/04/21/why-local-leaders-are-doubling-down-on-sustainability/
Authored by Veolia North America Despite uncertainty at the federal level, municipalities across the country are doubling down on sustainability efforts — and for good reason. While headlines may focus…
America’s mayors have stated that affordable housing, particularly for the homeless, is an issue of primary concern in their cities. NLC’s Elisha Harig-Blaine shares the story of one homeless veteran…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2019/06/12/top-10-topics-mayors-are-buzzing-about-in-2019/
What’s your mayor talking about in 2019? Believe it or not, it’s likely e-scooters, marijuana and social media. Every year, mayors across the country give state of the city speeches…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2021/07/23/developing-early-childhood-success-through-local-investments/
The On Your Mind series features local leaders and early childhood champions across the country. In this blog post, we asked Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. of Little Rock, AR, Vanguard Foundation program officer Rashanda Perrymanand Foundation for…
This post is part of a series on NLC’s Equitable Economic Development (EED) Fellowship. In 2016 and 2017, as part of the Equitable Economic Development (EED) Fellowship’s inaugural class, I had the…
As part of NLC’s Leadership in Community Resilience Program, the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, conducted a STAR Communities workshop aimed at identifying and prioritizing actions to promote a…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2018/03/23/preemption-threatens-economic-development-and-innovation/
City leaders work every day to grow local ecosystems in their communities that support entrepreneurs. They do this in many ways – attracting and retaining talent, offering support services, and…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2018/06/08/improving-water-supply-and-aging-infrastructure-in-atlanta/
This summer, as Congress works to advance targeted infrastructure bills like the Water Resources Development Act, cities across the country are continuing to call on Washington to build on these…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2018/08/03/how-to-attract-and-retain-a-talented-workforce/
This is a guest post by Steve Vermette, vice president of brokerage at Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. While the 2018 State of the Cities report listed economic development, infrastructure, budgets, housing…