Counties should check sign laws after Supreme Court ruling

County governments rarely have a direct role in the energy market, but a new NACo report finds that counties can often be most effective as advocates, helping lower residents’ utility costs by leveraging state programs, local partnerships and outreach.

Counties across the country faced obstacles in administering the midterm elections, including voting machine errors, flooding and false text messages sent to voters.

The nonprofit, known as MS-ISAC, has lost all of its federal funding but has resolved to remain a resource for state and local governments in cyber threat prevention, protection, response and recovery.