NLC Report Highlights Shifting City Fiscal Conditions
As cities move beyond the rapid post-pandemic rebound, the National League of Cities’ 2025 City Fiscal Conditions report shows that municipal governments are entering a new phase; one shaped by tighter budgets, slower growth, and increasing uncertainty.
Compensation: Increasing Municipal Elected Official Pay
This document explains the rules Georgia cities must follow to raise pay for elected officials. Cities have the power to set pay, but raises for elected leaders must follow strict legal steps to prevent self-benefit and ensure the process is open to the public.
Planning, Development & Land Use
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A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods
Created by AARP Livable Communities and the Congress for the New Urbanism, "Enabling Better Places: A Handbook for Improved Neighborhoods" provides options for communities to consider as they identify and select small-scale, incremental policy changes that can be made without overhauling entire zoning codes and land use policies.
Finance
Article
NLC Report Highlights Shifting City Fiscal Conditions
November 24, 2025
As cities move beyond the rapid post-pandemic rebound, the National League of Cities’ 2025 City Fiscal Conditions report shows that municipal governments are entering a new phase; one shaped by tighter budgets, slower growth, and increasing uncertainty.
Municipal Law
Article
Compensation: Increasing Municipal Elected Official Pay
November 24, 2025
This document explains the rules Georgia cities must follow to raise pay for elected officials. Cities have the power to set pay, but raises for elected leaders must follow strict legal steps to prevent self-benefit and ensure the process is open to the public.
Finance | Workforce Development
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Expanding the Talent Pool
Public finance leaders are feeling the strain of a workforce challenge that is no longer on the horizon—it’s here. Critical roles, from accounting and IT to data analysis and project management, are sitting vacant for months.
Finance
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Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)
The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) represents public finance officials throughout the United States and Canada. The association's mission is to advance excellence in public finance.