• Creating a Culture of Community Health
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   May 13, 2013
• From jails to factories to streets to schools, the winning programs in a foundation's competition stretch the boundaries of what we normally think of as public health.
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• 5 Regulations for Legal Marijuana in Colorado
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   May 10, 2013
• The state is the first to establish regulations for legalized marijuana. But hanging over them is the possibility that the feds will take action.
• 2 Comments

• Bike Share Programs to Launch in New York, Chicago
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   May 10, 2013
• The two initiatives could quickly become the largest bike sharing programs of their kind in the U.S.
• 1 Comments

• Anti-Terrorism Grants for Cities at Risk
• BY: J.B. Wogan   |   May 10, 2013
• Federal grants that aided police in the Boston Marathon bombing have shrunk in recent years and are at risk of further cuts under the president's reform proposal.
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• Regional Food Systems Webinar
• BY: Kathy McEldrew   |   Integrating food systems into economic development plans   |   May 9, 2013
• County and regional leaders are integrating food systems into economic development plans. These efforts are reinvigorating rural economies to foster economic development connected to local, agricultural economies. Join NACo to learn about national trends and hear from HUD Sustainable Communities grantees.

• Regional Food Systems Webinar
• BY: NACo   |   Integrating food systems into economic development plans   |   May 9, 2013
• County and regional leaders are integrating food systems into economic development plans. These efforts are reinvigorating rural economies to foster economic development connected to local, agricultural economies. Join NACo to learn about national trends and hear from HUD Sustainable Communities grantees.

• Pothole Problems, Streamlining Park Amenities and Ironic Layoffs in South Carolina
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   May 9, 2013
• Public-sector management news you should know.
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• Cities Ramp Up Data Projects
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   May 9, 2013
• Better ways of using data can speed up solutions to urban issues. But a number of traditional problems stand in the way.

• Which States Have the Highest Hospital Prices?
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   May 9, 2013
• New federal data sheds light on hospital pricing for the most common diagnoses and treatments. View data for your state.
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• The State Legislative Leaders Foundation: Conference of State Majority Leaders
• BY: Kelly McEldrew   |   May 9, 2013
• The inaugural meeting of the Conference of State Majority Leaders is scheduled to take place in Atlanta beginning Thursday evening, May 9 and concluding Saturday, May 11. This groundbreaking program is sponsored by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Our official hosts are Georgia House Majority Leader Larry O’Neal, Chair of the CSML, and West Virginia Senate Majority Leader John Unger II, Vice Chair. Every house and senate majority leader in the nation is invited to attend what will be a first class program in every way—exceptional curriculum and presenters, superb accommodations, enjoyable evening events, and the SLLF’s special brand of meticulous attention to detail. Among our special guest presenters will be Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, whom many of you will recognize from his appearances on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

• A New Way to Tame the Public-Pension Beast?
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   May 8, 2013
• Adjustable pension plans could help governments control both risk and their out-of-control retiree-benefit costs.
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• Are Governments Ignoring Their Short-Term Workers?
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   May 8, 2013
• One wonders what incentive there is to work for a government at all unless you’re in it for the long haul.
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• GAO Report Paints Bleak Fiscal Outlook for States, Local Governments
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   May 8, 2013
• A new report by the Government Accountability Office forecasts a gloomy outlook for state and local government budgets, finding an ever-widening gap between projected revenues and expenses for years to come.
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• Can Performance Help in Reducing Deficits?
• BY: Paul L. Posner   |   May 8, 2013
• Making spending decisions based on evidence and analysis can be hardest to do in times of austerity, but that's precisely when these tools are most useful.
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• LUCC Legislative Fly-In
• BY: NACO   |   NACO Boardroom   |   May 7, 2013
• NACo’s LUCC Legislative Fly-in will be held May 7-9, 2013 in Washington, DC.