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On Demand Webinar from UNC’s Tax Center on State Response to the Pandemic

Death and Taxes

While it is not focused on North Carolina or local governments, I think there is still much in there that is likely of interest to you all. Especially because we all know that what happens at the state level impacts the local level. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Director of the Kansas Division of the Budget.

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ACTION, DATA, EVOLVE! 3 Ground Breaking Moments from the CPBB (Un)Conference

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Just one week ago, our 5 th Annual (un)Conference on Priority Based Budgeting concluded, and to quote one of our attendees who has been to all five “it was easily the most complete Conference, and also the most forward-looking.” The roots of PBB came to life to fulfill that mission. The world didn’t change; but a movement was sparked!

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments. Authors’ Bios.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. But it is also a management failure of local government. Good luck with that. The director then, Mark R.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

To see for yourself, check out the below top 50 city government blogs. Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. You can also get links to local government, such as the city office and several high schools.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

USA Today reports that some bankruptcy experts have predicted that Detroit’s case could last as long as three years [a large Californian case in Vallejo took one year to decide if it was even ELIGIBLE for bankruptcy in 2008 then another three years to be released from bankruptcy protection granted].

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

We managed to attract customers who wanted a good quality of service but who had recently tightened their budgets.” Indeed, according to local government officials, there are around 2,000 in the Xuhui district of Shanghai alone. During the 1960s and ‘70s, tensions were high between China and the Soviet Union.

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