Libraries introduce 3D printers to great acclaim

Counties stand to receive a healthy infusion of funding to address bridges under the surface transportation bill, BUILD America 250 Act.

County budgets are being eroded by unrelenting cost inflation, federal permitting delays stalling projects and competition for labor and materials often directed to federally subsidized state projects. It's time to fix federal funding for infrastructure.

A $50,000 grant through NACo's Rural Leaders for Economic Mobility program helped a rural county start planning to grow.