County News Table of Contents (1997)

Beverly Schlotterbeck, Editor
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Fulton County, Ga. hosts first welfare reform hearing

By Susan D. Gould

Photo by Tom Goodman
Melinda Pruitt, director, Office of Children and Youth, Fulton County, Ga. Human Services Department (l), speaks with NACo President Michael Hightower at NACo's welfare reform hearing in Fulton County.

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Balanced budget agreement reached
Volunteerism Summit Photo
Supreme Court: Bryan County, Okla. not at fault in brutality case
PIOs online: NACo adds public information officers' home page to NACo site
Hightower Reports
Supreme Court passes on tobacco and alcohol billboard ban case
Counties use Web, media and utility bills to raise awareness
Past and present rub shoulders comfortably in Maryland, site of 62nd Annual Conference
Second annual "Stand for Children" planned for June 1
USDA initiative encourages more conservation buffers
NACo resolutions due June 11
House committee moves training bill
NACo helps brief House staff on ISTEA
NACo Campaign '97
- Candidate profile: C. Vernon Gray
- Candidate profile: Gerald Hyland
NACo member: Clean air proposals "unwarranted, premature"
Counties at the Summit: "2 Million for 2000"
House debates public housing reform
County workers contribute time to their communities
NACo officers reflect on summit's impact
NACo urges bipartisan resolution of the Section 8 housing crisis
Coalition waits for FCC to act on universal service
U.S. gains 31st consolidated city-county government
Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act still up in the air
Older Americans Month
NACo to Congress: Put "trust" back in Highway Trust Fund
Colorado counties lead in state pollution prevention efforts
GASB proposes financial reporting model for public colleges and universities
How will electric utility restructuring affect your county?

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