Newark Mayor, Superintendent Launch Alternative High School Partnership
Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory A. Booker and Newark Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Clifford B. Janey together announced a partnership to reduce local dropout rates by developing new student-centered alternative high schools during a press conference held last week in Newark. Full Story
NLC Spruces Up Green Meeting Practices for Green Cities Conference
With the first NLC Green Cities Conference scheduled for April 18-22, 2009, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore., NLC is trying to change the way meetings are planned by taking environmental impact into consideration at every turn. Full Story
Applications Now Available for NBC-LEO City Cultural Diversity Award
NLC’s National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) constituency group is accepting applications for the 2009 City Cultural Diversity Award. Full Story
Federal Home Loan Banks Letters of Credit for Tax-Exempt Bonds
NLC is seeking market reforms in the upcoming economic stimulus package that will help state and local governments have better access to the capital markets and the municipal securities market. However, local governments can take advantage of another market reform supported by NLC that passed on July 30 in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act. Full Story |
