Nation's Cities Weekly

Members of NLC's Community and Economic Development (CED) Steering Committee met in Riverside, Calif., recently for the second of four annual meetings. The meeting was hosted by Councilmember Nancy Hart of Riverside and chaired by CED Committee Chair...

The federal government last week issued an interim final rule that allows young adults to remain on their parents' health insurance policies up to age 26. The rule, which was published by the Treasury, Health and Human Services and Labor Departments...

Recently, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) released their long-awaited draft of climate change legislation. The American Power Act calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent...

The nation's top 100 metropolitan areas are home to 66 percent of Americans, and adding people almost twice as fast as the rest of the country. Our lead corporations and most highly skilled work forces are focused in them. Metros are clearly key to...

From employment to the stability of the housing market, signs of growth that may be making their way into the national picture are not yet evident in many local economies across the country. A new study reporting the results of NLC's State of America's...

The seven largest organizations representing state and local governments recently sponsored three Congressional briefings in an attempt to convince members of Congress to support the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 (H.R.5081), which would...