GCN

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would shift some land-use authorities to the state to streamline renewable energy developments. But local governments and residents fear their voices will get left behind in the race to build green infrastructure.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 3, 2022

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news we’ve covered over the last year, which we think give people reason to have hope for the future. We hope they’ll give a reason for cheer. And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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NLC (National League of Cities)

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This legislation included a section requiring local governments to adhere to new financial data standards. Background on the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 Earlier this year, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced a bill in the Senate titled the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 (S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The West Virginia Tech Alliance launches with support from the West Virginia Governor’s Office , the West Virginia Department of Commerce , Senate President Craig Blair , Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw and a delegation of state legislators.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). This year, legislative sessions in Missouri and Alabama saw big wins to advance community revitalization. Missouri (HB 2062) In Missouri, the St.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

That’s a problem for any organization, and certainly for government. Soon, Gregg’s office will develop its approach for the North Dakota legislative session, which takes place every other year. This article appeared in our guide, “ Going Places: Priorities for State and Local Tech.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

California swiftly embraced the ACA and became the first state in the nation to enact legislation to set up a health insurance exchange and soon after, in partnership with the state’s Medicaid agency, established the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System (CalHEERS).

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 3, 2024

But over the years we’ve been collecting a series of mantras about the alleged reality of state and local government that don’t necessarily work in the real world.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. TB: Currently no local land bank in West Virginia has a dedicated full-time staff. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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GCN

APRIL 5, 2024

Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez cosponsored legislation that would direct the Housing and Urban Development Secretary to help refashion certain federal, state and local government properties into affordable residential rental projects. California Reps.

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Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Over the years, we’ve written a great deal about ways in which government officials can improve their relationship with the press. We know there’s a lot of frustration in state and local governments about the coverage (or lack of coverage) they receive. 6. Most ideas in government have been tried before.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And, it can leave the worst vacant and abandoned properties in legal limbo for up to six years before local governments can gain control of them and help direct them to new uses. Windham introduced legislation drafted by the coalition to address these challenges. This month, Rep. HB 1088 would give all Missouri cities and St.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked two of the most profound pieces of climate legislation in U.S. With approximately $370 billion available for climate and clean energy investments and $50 billion.

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 24, 2024

We get a great deal of information from the Internet for our work, and there’s little question that the easy access to tons of reports, studies, surveys, legislation, audits, budgets, meeting minutes, essays, graphs, etc., has revolutionized research and reporting on all fronts, not just state and local government.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JUNE 8, 2023

3557, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023, is of particular interest to local governments. This legislation would codify in statute recent actions taken by the Federal Communications Commission to preempt local authority over wireless telecommunications facility siting and […] Source One bill, H.R.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 28, 2023

In the next few months, lawmakers will be busy drafting legislative language for the 12 Titles of the bill. NLC shared local government priorities for the next version of the bill with members of the Senate and […] Source The Farm Bill is up for reauthorization this year as it is set to expire September 30, 2023.

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GovPilot

JULY 20, 2023

The legislation is set to allocate billions of dollars towards broadband internet investment, social services improvements, and beyond. On June 27th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 101 into law, passing the $310.8 billion budget just in time for the new 2023-24 fiscal year.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 21, 2024

To celebrate the invaluable contributions of public servants, I embarked on a journey to delve into the experiences, challenges and triumphs of four people making a difference in local government and the federal workforce. Below, I profile two of these individuals. Read our previous blog post to learn about the others.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

Spearheaded by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), this bipartisan legislation underscores our commitment to addressing systemic vacancy and property deterioration using the tools available at all levels of government.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Land bank funding mechanisms vary widely by state and local legislation. Government grants and/or appropriations, real estate revenue, and recurring local funding (tax recapture, delinquent tax, and assessment collection) are the top funding sources for respondents (Figure 5).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Decker, Andrew. Meehan, James.

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Barrett & Greene

MAY 20, 2024

Not to be overly blunt, but we’ve grown sick and tired of hearing people complaining about how long it takes state and local governments to make dramatic improvements in the lives of their residents. Elected and appointed officials need to take the time and effort necessary to consider how the policy is going to be implemented.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 17, 2023

One facet of the legislation stipulated that Michigan land banks must be created by intergovernmental collaboration between a county and the state land bank. In the 20 years since this legislation, Michigan has formed 48 county land banks, one city land bank (DLBA), and the state land bank, which serves the remaining 35 counties.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

Land banking programs, on the other hand, exist in states that don’t have state-enabling legislation, which limits their powers and utility. Sometimes a municipality may call their land bank a “land reutilization authority,” “land reutilization council,” or “redevelopment authority” instead. The post What is a land bank?

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Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A number of well-respected individuals agree with the Grand Jury finding, including Ann-Marie Hogan, senior advisor for the Association of Local Government Auditors and Elaine Howle the well-respected, recently retired, California State Auditor. It stated that the IG “shall have the independence necessary to conduct all of its audits.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 18, 2023

November 2023 will mark 14 years since legislation was introduced that would allow […] Source Mike Gillespie, former County Commission Chairman for Madison County, AL, and serves as the Secretary for the Public Finance Authority’s Board.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

Planning and Technical Assistance supports the short-term planning and longer-term strategy formation efforts of organizations within designated Economic Development Districts (EDDs) , states, local governments, sub-state planning regions, institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal organizations, and other eligible entities.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post. But as I moved into work with nonprofits, I realized that outside of local governments, many organizations do not take advantage of the assistance provided by their elected officials. They can help with support letters.

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GovLoop

APRIL 1, 2024

Government is under pressure to update its legacy technology systems. Modernization is crucial for agencies to stay agile, secure, and responsive to evolving needs,” said Francisco Ramirez, Chief Architect of State and Local Government at Red Hat. Getting there, however, has often proven problematic.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Vacant properties are, by and large, a local government issue, and urban and rural local governments are fundamentally different in size. In addition to smaller local government capacities, the economics of rural land and property markets are different from urban ones.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Case studies We have published seven micro case studies that examine how federal, state and local government agencies work to implement these laws.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Our series about the future of state and local government jobs , is being published this week by Route Fifty. and demanding more from government.”. When asked if their states had passed legislation addressing citizen data privacy, 37 percent said yes in 2022 compared with 29 percent in 2020.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 4, 2022

“One [city] had developed a very specific IT application as a homegrown solution to an issue,” explained Lata Grover, who, as Senior Advisory Strategist at ServiceNow, works with state and local governments. That solution worked initially, but over time developed issues. “A But agencies also need to stick to their mission.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

Local governments may not create their own custom exemptions; they all need to play by the uniform, statewide rules created by the General Assembly. While this exclusion is not very popular across the state, each year there are legislative proposals to expand its reach. Government property ( G.S. See this post for more.

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 11, 2023

Episode One: Data Quality Over the course of years, as we’ve closely followed the work of state and local performance auditors, a somewhat bleak thought is with us. In December, the Minnesota Legislative auditor released an report about managed care companies that deliver personal care services. Another example.

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