As a regional specialist for the National League of Cities working closely with our University Communities Council (UCC), one ...

When small cities collaborate, big things happen! This year, I’ve seen it firsthand, while working alongside some of the ...

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. To kick off the occasion, join NLC’s Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO) as we gather for our quarterly meeting on September 17. This meeting is ...

The NLC Know My City Community Advisor combines multiple sources of data and uses these data to help local leaders quickly identify key areas of strength in their community and contextualize their ...

This post is Part 3 of NLC’s Local Economic Futures Forum Blog Series. In Part 2 of this series, we looked at how aging populations and youth outmigration are reshaping the fiscal foundation of ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering sweeping new rules that could significantly limit how cities manage wireline telecommunications infrastructure in public rights-of-way. The ...

Passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is meant to tackle the nation’s housing challenges by boosting housing supply, unlocking private capital, providing ...

The Building Integrated Agriculture (BIA) Academy, led by the National Urban Research & Extension Center in partnership with NLC University is an introductory cohort program that supports municipal ...

The Constitution assigns primary responsibility for federal elections to the States, subject only to preemption by Congress. U.S. Const. art. I, § 4, cl. 1; U.S ...

Public accountability is measured through outcomes: how consistently residents engage, how clearly they understand decisions and how effectively they act on programs and services tied to those ...

Often a single change at the national level can have an outsized impact on cities, towns and villages. If the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) approves a proposed merger of two of the nation ...

To highlight ACS (American Community Survey) Awareness Month, the National League of Cities is spotlighting communities that have used ACS data to drive positive change in our From Data to Decisions ...