Recently added articles from Nation's Cities Weekly:
Mobile workshops highlight urban renewal, open spaces and emergency management.
Jun 22, 2009; ... The City of San Antonio is pleased to present NLC's 2009 Congress of Cities and Exposition Mobile Workshop programs. "These mobile workshops will highlight some of the city's most innovative projects and programs addressing urban renewal, green/open space, emergency management, ...
City education leaders gather in California to explore high school, college and workforce innovations.
Jun 08, 2009; ... At last week's spring meeting of NLC's Mayors' Education Policy Advisors Network (EPAN) in San Francisco, more than 35 mayors' education advisors joined representatives from the Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI) and Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI), along with other top ...
Senate Finance Committee discussion paper examines a range of health care options.
Jun 08, 2009; ... In a discussion paper released by the Senate Finance Committee recently, the chair and ranking member of the committee underscored repeatedly that the United States health care system is in crisis--a crisis that is not just limited to the 46 million uninsured--and that something must be ...
Harvard University announces innovations program finalists.
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government has announced 16 finalists in the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. The municipal, county, state, federal, tribal ...
Rep. Frank highlights NLC plan during municipal bond hearing.
May 25, 2009; ... House Financial Services Chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) held a hearing last week on his proposals to stimulate the municipal finance markets. During the heating, Frank called cities innocent victims of the global economic crisis and said they are paying "higher interest ...
City leaders recognized at Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit.
May 18, 2009; ... More than 200 city and state policymakers gathered recently in Washington, D.C., to attend the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's second Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit. During the event, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) discussed the federal health and wellness ...
NLC briefs help city officials make the most of the recovery act.(RECOVERY NEWS)
May 11, 2009; ... As part of its efforts to connect local officials with information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, NLC is creating a series of briefs focused on the funds available in the bill and how to access them. NLC's Institute for Youth, Education, and ...
Harvard University announces innovations program semi-finalists.
Apr 27, 2009; ... The Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government has announced 50 semifinalists in the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. The municipal, county, state, federal, tribal ...
Constituency goups focus on thriving communities.
Mar 09, 2009; ... At this year's Congressional City Conference, NLC's five constituency groups are convening special sessions and events to host discussions on public policy issues and engage their leaders in expanding membership support. On Monday, March 16, all of the groups will be ...
House and Senate reach agreement on economic recovery package.
Feb 16, 2009; ... As Nation's Cities Weekly went to press, both the House and Senate were expected to pass a $790 billion recovery package that includes funding for infrastructure, housing, public safety, health and renewable energy programs. One day after the Senate voted 61-37 to approve an ...
NLC survey: city fiscal conditions continue to worsen.(National League of Cities)(Survey)
Feb 09, 2009; ... The unprecedented economic conditions facing the nation are increasingly straining the ability of cities to meet their financial needs. In a recently conducted survey of city finance officers by NLC, 84 percent reported facing fiscal difficulties, up from 64 percent only six months ago ....
Senate debate continues on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009 ... As Nation's" Cities Weekly went to press last week, the United States Senate continued its deliberations on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...
City education leaders learn student reengagement strategies in Philadelphia.(Conference news)
Feb 09, 2009; ... Teams of mayoral education advisors and educators from nine cities visited Philadelphia last month to learn about local strategies to reengage struggling students and raise the graduation rate. The nine participating cities--Denver, Grand Rapids, Mich., Indianapolis, Nashville, ...
Boston's 'streetsafe'--right RX for gang violence?
Feb 09, 2009; ... BOSTON -- How can inner-city youth gangs be tamed? Boston thinks it may have found the answer--and not for the first time. In the early 1990s, the city was convulsed by youth violence. It suffered 150 homicides and 1,000 aggravated assaults in a single year. The ...
NLC Green Conference travels green.(National League of Cities)(Conference news)
Feb 09, 2009; ... NLC Green Cities Conference participants will be "green" travelers as part of the conference experience. Starting with the purchase of carbon offsets for air travel that are part of the conference registration, NLC Green Cities participants will sample much of Portland's public ...
President Obama signs SCHIP Reauthorization into law.(State Children's Health Insurance Program)
Feb 09, 2009; ... Last Wednesday, the President signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009. The law reauthorizes the State Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP for 4.5 years at a cost of nearly $60 billion. NLC strongly supported its passage. ...
Congress passes four-month extension for digital television transition.(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009; ... Last week, Congress passed the DTV Delay Act (S. 328) to push February's digital television transition back four months to June 12. The Senate passed the bill on January 26, while the House passed the bill on February 4. President Obama has said he will sign the bill once it lands on his ...
L.A. conference frames challenges and generates ideas for successful city leaders.(Los Angeles, California)(Leadership Training Institute)(Conference news)
Feb 09, 2009; ... Representing 22 states and every region of the country, more than 100 elected city leaders and staff gathered in downtown Los Angeles for a three-day Leadership Training Institute (LTI) seminar in conjunction with the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and ...
It really is bigger in rural small town Texas: with innovative partnership agreements, controlled growth is possible.
Feb 09, 2009; ... The largest rural master planned developments within the state of Texas in a city with a population under 20,000 are being formed in the small town of Terrell. While preparing for future expansion of the tax base, the City Council created opportunities for controlled growth without raising ...
Sharpening your image in preparation for the conversion to DTV.(digital television)(Leadership Training Institute)(Conference notes)
Feb 09, 2009; ... The following is a preview of one of the topics to be covered during the Leadership Training Institute seminars at the Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C., March 14-18. As the nation converts to digital television broadcasting (DTV) in June, it will be wise for ...