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The 2023 legislative session has been a long and winding journey, and one that, as of this writing in mid-September, still had not ended. (A budget bill has been drafted, but not yet signed into...

Sen. Paul Newton of Cabarrus County sees legislative priorities as falling into two buckets: the short-term needs that arise quickly, and the long-term goals that he moves towards slowly and intentionally over many years....

For more than 60 years, from the Civil Rights Movement to now, Mayor Pro Tem Johnson has served her community, always with social justice and equity front of mind. Yvonne Johnson’s career as a public...

A unique, valuable service offering from NCLM There is little question that many small towns across North Carolina have struggled financially in recent years. For the town governments, those struggles can take many forms: a lack...

The League’s ongoing series connecting federal and local leaders continued this summer with Rep. Valerie Foushee and Rep. David Rouzer At the beginning of the summer, the NC League brought together federal lawmakers and local...

At the North Carolina League of Municipalities, our motto of, “Working as One, Advancing All,” is one that we take seriously. You see it when we advocate for land-use policies that allow our biggest cities...

The longstanding and successful North Carolina-Moldova relationship was renewed with a meeting this summer NCLM President and Fuquay-Varina Commissioner William Harris, other members of the NCLM Board of Directors, and Fuquay-Varina town officials hosted members...

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Over the past several years, local governments in North Carolina have seen their pension fund contributions escalate drastically to keep the Local Government Employees Retirement System on a sound fiscal footing. In 2022, the total...

Over the course of late summer and fall, cities across North Carolina are hosting a series of local meetings examining the opportunities to expand access to intercity passenger rail in North Carolina. Rail Response is...