Happy Holidays and Good Will to All

Dec. 12, 2017

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The holidays come to county courthouses: Saline County, Ark. celebrates the holiday season at the courthouse, where county employees take about three months to decorate the courthouse and lawn with lights. Santa visits with local residents there during the holiday season. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Tourism Office

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About NACo

County News

Nashville hosts NACo's 83rd Annual Conference

It’s the place of legends: The Grand Ole Opry. Hank Williams. Loretta Lynn. Earl Scruggs. Patsy Cline. Dolly Parton. Hank Williams, Jr. The Carter Family. Johnny Cash. Brad Paisley. Tim McGraw. Lady Antebellum. It’s Nashville in Davidson County, Tenn.
Leadership

County News

NACo President Roy Charles Brooks: Final Thoughts

Each year, County News interviews the outgoing NACo president for his or her reflections on their term. Tarrant County, Texas Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks offers his reflections. How would you describe your year as NACo president?
Agriculture

County News

Congress advances farm bill

House and Senate versions of the farm bill are headed to a conference committee where stark differences will be hashed out over the handling of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and cuts to conservation titles.
About NACo

County News

NACo Second Vice President candidate platforms
Community & Economic Development

County News

Mall reboots help counties’ bottom line

Getting your ears pierced with your best friend, shopping during the holidays, getting that first job — they’re all the kinds of things you might do at a shopping mall. But in some areas of the country, the way of life that loomed so large is falling by the wayside.
Rural Affairs

County News

Partnering to Bring Hope to Rural Communities in Crisis

In Mercer County, W.Va., a community gripped by the opioid epidemic, County Commissioner Greg Puckett spends more each month on his county jail bill than what he has budgeted for economic development in the entire year.
Environment

County News

EPA to limit veto power over water permits

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who resigned July 5, released a memo June 26 restricting the EPA’s power to veto water permits. The action is a reversal of previous administrations’ use of the agency’s veto power and goes into effect immediately.
Tax & Finance

County News

Supreme Court alters online sales tax landscape – what comes next?

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states and local governments can require internet retailers to collect sales taxes, even if the company has no physical presence in the state. The ruling promises to shake up the sales tax collection landscape, no matter what happens next.
Public Lands

County News

Record PILT payments coming to counties

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced June 27 that over $552.8 million will be distributed to counties in 2018 through the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. This represents the largest total PILT disbursement to date since the program was first enacted in 1976.
Labor & Employment

County News

Retiring after 43 years: ‘It was a blast!’

When Louise Stokes started working for York County, Va., in 1975 as a buyer, she was a one-woman show. “It was a new position in the accounting office,” she said. “I worked closely with the county administrator and finance director to purchase all goods and services for the county.