So, You’re Attending Your First NACo Conference?
Available On-Demand
This webinar is available on-demand. If you have issue accessing the recording, please email nacomeetings@naco.org.
NACo’s upcoming 2025 Legislative Conference will see a record number of attendees who are attending their first major NACo event. This webinar will be an introduction into all the conference has to offer: policy committee meetings, general sessions, receptions, navigating the hotel and more. Join us for this overview and to ask any questions you have before traveling to Washington, D.C.!
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Speakers
Eryn Hurley
Jack Peterson
U.S. House set to vote on the SAVE Act; Major impacts on county election administration
Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22), making it the chamber’s second vote on a version of the legislation in less than a year.
SBA issues new rule affecting local permitting in post-disaster rebuilding
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued an interim final rule that changes how rebuilding projects financed with SBA disaster loans following a Presidentially declared disaster interact with state and local permitting requirements.
Federal permitting reform means new opportunities for counties
Permitting reform is once again at the top of the to-do list this Congress as lawmakers on Capitol Hill work to overhaul a process that has operated mostly unchanged for decades resulting in delays and increased costs for counties.
New energy systems bring power generation closer to home
Communities across the country are turning to locally sited power systems known as distributed energy resources, which are popular for their flexibility and the ease with which they can be customized.
Counties navigate control of siting, permitting for renewable energy
Local control is at risk where states see the opportunity to take the wheel on siting energy development projects.
