What to Know Before You Go to NACo’s Annual Conference
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2025 NACo Annual Conference & Exposition
The 2025 NACo Annual Conference brought together elected and appointed officials from the nation’s 3,069 counties, parishes and boroughs.
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U.S. House introduces the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Improvement Act to provide upfront security funds to nonprofits
The U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Improvement Act to provide advance funding to nonprofits receiving federal awards for security improvements.
The quiet shift from courthouse to statehouse
NACo CEO Matt Chase writes: “Taxation policy and service delivery decisions are being moved, state by state, from the courthouse to the statehouse. The accountability lands on us. The authority to meet it increasingly doesn’t.”
County grants help first-generation farmers put down roots
Frederick County, Md.'s Agriculture Innovation Grant Program is helping local farmers expand and diversify their business operations with the aim of strengthening the county’s agricultural economy.
Census Bureau proposes permanent changes to the 2030 Decennial Census
On September 10, the U.S Census Bureau published a proposed rule to the 2030 Decennial Census that would create two new parts of the 15 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that among other changes would a) define “usual residence” that excludes foreign persons previously counted that are not U.S. citizens or lawful residents, and b) would eliminate any questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation from the census questionnaire used to enumerate the population. The proposed ruling outlines only 30 days for public comments, which are due on October 13.