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Video: Verizon demonstrates Teltech tethered drone at IWCE 2022

• 27th April 2022

Addressing water waste is one way cities and counties can increase resilience against drought conditions

• 26th April 2022

In this internet-of-things era, municipal infrastructure is becoming increasingly smart—from electrical grids to bridges and city water systems, which can keep public administrators connected and reduce chronic water waste. The latter application is particularly important given the drought conditions experienced by many western states these days and the global implications of climate change.  “Fresh water is […]

Inflation could disrupt economy’s ‘soft landing,’ but cities and counties are prepared

• 25th April 2022

After enduring a wild ride through the last two years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, local and county governments are staring down an unpredictable economic future—with one certainty: inflation. Last week, Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored lender, predicted that tightening monetary policy at the federal level could bring a “modest recession in the latter half of […]

National League of Cities has the tools and resources to help cities reach their sustainability goals

• 25th April 2022

A local government’s sustainability squad needs to be carefully assembled, says Nick Kasza, program manager for sustainability at the National League of Cities (NLC). “A sustainability team might be one person or five people, but they should have a relationship with various city departments that can help the community implement their sustainability strategies and achieve […]

Decoding the world of employee leave

• 22nd April 2022

It’s never been easy to manage employee leave. Each state or local government is influenced by a different set of local codes, federal policies, collective bargaining agreements and administrative payroll processes, all of which can change due to the needs and circumstances of the individual government—meaning no two leave management approaches are the same. Due […]

As extreme weather increases, cities brace for climate-related migration

• 22nd April 2022

Over the last decade, harrowing videos of residents fleeing down smokey roadways, hedged on either side by flames, have captivated the national spotlight. They’ve given a sense of urgency to the fight against climate changed, and pushed elected officials at the national level to take policy action. In 2020, for example, 1.7 million Americans were […]

Top-scoring mid-sized cities on AARP’s 2022 Livability Index

• 21st April 2022

AARP’s Public Policy Institute has launched its updated AARP Livability Index, a comprehensive, web-based tool that scores every neighborhood and community in the United States and the District of Columbia for the services and amenities that affect people’s lives the most as they age. The index scores livability by using more than 50 national data […]

Ahead of infrastructure spending, federal government extends expertise, gives voice to rural communities

• 20th April 2022

These days, money isn’t the biggest problem facing rural communities. Between the American Rescue Plan Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, there’s plenty of it to go around—perhaps a greater challenge is access, especially for small communities that might not have adequate staffing or the technical know-how to navigate complex infrastructure projects. A new federal initiative […]

Considerations for building an equitable, profitable and reliable EV infrastructure

• 20th April 2022

Electric vehicles (EV) are the way of the future. The Biden administration has set lofty goals to make 50 percent of all new cars sales in the U.S. zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. To make this goal a reality, we must first build out our nation’s EV charging infrastructure to be both stable and functional. Expanding […]

Study: Burnout is high in the public sector, especially among workforce minorities

• 19th April 2022

More than ever before, today’s public sector workforce crisis is stressed out—and struggling with burnout. New research from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (USC Price) cites burnout as “a leading reason why local governments are struggling to keep workers and operate effectively,” according to an article explaining the research published by the […]