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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made remarks at the National Association of Counties annual conference.

George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin offered his thoughts on why he believes "foot voting"--when individuals select government entities by moving to jurisdictions that serve them…

Matthew Gardner talked about the fairness of state and local tax systems in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia and what this means as people file their income taxes. He ta…

Panelists talked about the potential impact of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on state and local governments. They talked about the mechanisms of money alloc…

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his lawyer responded to charges of perjury, conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, and misconduct in office, among other charges the Wayne…

Kym Worthy announced that she is charging Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick with perjury; and charging both the Mayor and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty with conspiracy to obstru…

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick delivered his seventh state of the city address in the Orchestra Hall inside of the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. At the conclusion of his speech M…

Attorney General Mukasey spoke about the federal-local partnership for reducing violent crime to a meeting of mayors and business leaders. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman presided over the May…

At the opening plenary session Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer delivered his president’s address, “'08 Mayors 10-Point Plan: Strong Cities, Strong Families, for a Strong America.” The points in…

The panelists talked about a report that was released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on the problems of hunger and homelessness. They said that economic issues such as poverty, high housin…

House Majority Leader John Boehner spoke at the Association’s conference, “America’s Town Meeting: Celebrating 30 Years as the Voice of Towns and Townships in Washington.” He talked about h…

As part of a C-SPAN and Cox Communications project to encourage dialog between students and national leaders, Donna Frye spoke to high school students outside on the football field about her…

Mr. Hamill talked about his book Downtown: My Manhattan, published by Little, Brown. He was interviewed by Leonard Lopate and gave a personal account of Manhattan describing the architectur…

At the annual legislative conference county officials heard from Gwen Ifill who talked about her experiences as a reporter and PBS television personality. Representative Tom Davis (R-Virgini…

Bill Rauch talked about his book Politicking: How to Get Elected, Take Action, and Make an Impact in Your Community, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The author offered his advice on…

County officials from across the country attended the National Association of Counties' 2004 Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta …

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge talked about the first year of the Homeland Security Department and credited the cooperation of local authorities for the department’s success. Secretar…

EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt spoke to county officials from around the nation about the state of environmental awareness in the country and the economic impact of pollution. He said that t…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez spoke to members of the National Association of Counties about his department’s agenda and the Bush administration’s housing policies. He…

At a new member orientation conference for Florida’s election supervisors, Bill Cowles spoke about utilizing new voting technologies and then Honey Rand spoke on media relations and answered…