NCLM News Center

Putting experience to use in serving our firefighters. Firefighters have one of the toughest, most wildcard, jobs out there. The risks they run any day...

A new awards program is set to acknowledge the proactive, creative, and resourceful efforts of North Carolina cities and towns. Coming from the League’s Local...

At every stop along her career, Council member Nicole Stewart has found herself both as a leader and as a developer of future leaders....

As the new Executive Director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to serve a...

The former Jacksonville Mayor Pro Tem and past League president on his freshman legislative service. Michael Lazzara is one of the most familiar faces...

Annual conference yields new ideas, key conversations. League staff members from across the Southeast recently got together in Wilmington for the annual Southern Municipal Conference,...

Understanding the thoughts and opinions of our communities on the most important local issues. In a representative democracy, knowing the thoughts and opinions of the...

This summer, League member cities and towns, along with NCLM’s advocacy staff, faced a difficult situation when it came to our legislative priorities. After months...

Never before has money flowed directly to our cities and towns like it has with ARP. How will the money be used? How should...

The Issue that Just Won't Go Away. In the words of the late, great Yogi Berra, it is déjà vu all over again … during...

The Town of Farmville represents all that is great about North Carolina communities. Its history is evident in each brick façade. Its strategy for...

Local Leaders are Uniquely Positioned to Address This Issue. The League is Here to Help. Equity and equality. Not the same thing. A small lesson....

For municipalities and by municipalities, the League’s add-on, free-of-charge insurance services provide unparalleled value to members. With immensely strong pools, exceedingly competitive costs and plans...

Attacks on local land-use authority have been the biggest thorn in the sides of cities and towns when it comes to policy proposals at...

From the moment he knew his hometown could do better, Mayor Don Hardy has dedicated his life to Kinston with a born-to-serve approach. Don Hardy’s...

Ensuring continuity of leadership, this NCLM service has proven extraordinarily successful. Jim Freeman retired. And went right back to work. There was almost no free...

The League’s quarterly legislator Q&A. As a working mother of young children, Senator Sydney Batch of Apex isn’t the General Assembly’s usual demographic. Of course,...

Recognized for Dedicated Service to North Carolina Cities and Towns. Before his passing in September at the too-young age of 60, following a difficult battle...

A Satisfactory Conclusion to a Complex Problem. It was not a problem of cities’ making, but it is one that they must address later this...

Over the last several weeks, the League of Municipalities has been diligently working to help member cities and towns prepare as American Rescue Plan...