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Across North Carolina our towns are allocating resources, creating innovative approaches, and doing all in their power to support local businesses and nonprofits. From opening up streets to opening up new funding sources, cities...

NCLM training ups cities' cyber defenses, awareness. It was March 18, a little after 8:30 p.m., when Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford got the call that turned everything upside down. On the other end of the...

Roughly a year ago now, I spoke to the members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s broadband task force and noted how, from the viewpoint of anyone looking objectively at the issue of broadband access, the...

New staff advancement program launched in November. Municipal leaders across North Carolina know, among other core functions, the League’s array of programs for general education, targeted development, team-building, and safety. It’s what we do, no...

As the challenging year of 2020 comes to close, the N.C. League of Municipalities and its Board of Directors made the decision that its voice needed to be loud and clear on the critical...

A virtual on-demand education program. Education has been a top-of-the-list priority for the League for decades. For our mayors and council members, we work to provide both foundational understanding of elected leadership and insight into...

When the Pew Charitable Trust’s publication Stateline took a look at struggling rural water and sewer systems around the country earlier this year, the story’s initial quote from a rural water system official in...

Over the last several months, the NCLM Board of Directors and its leadership have been grappling with questions of how our organization can best address calls for social justice and racial equity. As I noted...

Jacksonville, Hillsborough and cities across the state show how local resiliency and community assistance can be one in the same. As with nearly every aspect of local government, the work often happens behind the scenes....

In classroom history books of the future, the year 2020 is likely to have its own chapter, if not several. You can live under a rock today and still be fully aware of—for one—the...