Tag: North Carolina League of Municipalities
Firefighter Cancer Presumption at Issue in House Bill
In early May of last year, the North Carolina House passed legislation that would create a presumption that nine forms of cancer are occupations...
Vision 2030 Readiness Tool
In 2016, NCLM finalized a comprehensive strategic plan: Vision 2030, a forward-looking framework that has established key guidelines for what North Carolina municipalities should...
Facing Forward: The Budget is Not Just a Financial Statement
It’s budget season.
Few other times in local government will carry such weight, and consequences of the resulting product can emanate far into your town’s...
League Priorities to Get New Spotlight
Everyone knows it. People are busy. It’s not easy to bring public attention even to the issues that affect everyday life, even when change...
City Kids: How Youth and Local Government Are a Perfect Match
Fresh out of college, filled with passions and finding a path, the fellows of the Lead for North Carolina program are not unlike many...
Always a Fighter: Sen. Gladys Robinson’s Humble Beginnings Shape Her Humanity,...
Sen. Gladys Robinson of Greensboro won election to the legislature just in time for the wave of change that removed her party from its...