What to Know Before You Go to NACo’s Annual Conference
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Join NACo staff to learn ways to maximize your NACo Annual Conference experience and to answer your questions. NACo's Annual Conference is the premiere opportunity for county leaders to exchange cutting-edge practices, network with one another and shape our federal policy agenda for the year ahead.
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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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CMS issues new guidance on Medicaid Community Engagement Requirements
On December 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Medicaid and CHIP Services Informational Bulletin (CIB) directing states on how to implement the Medicaid community engagement requirements enacted under Section 71119 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act legislation (Public Law 119-21), or H.R. 1.
U.S. House of Representatives passes SPEED Act and other permitting reform bills
On December 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776). The SPEED Act would strengthen county involvement in decision-making and make needed commonsense reforms to the federal environmental review process.
Emotion and perspective help frame stories
A songwriter and a nonfiction author shared their techniques for telling memorable stories at the County Storyteller Symposium in early December.
Wise County courthouse renovation turns back clock 130 years
A multi-year project restored the historic courthouse to its original design after mid-century compromises, making the county's centerpiece more inviting and evocative of the community's aspirations.
California county sales tax measure backfills federal healthcare cuts
Santa Clara County, Calif. will raise an estimated $330 million each year from a sales tax to backfill lose Medicaid funding.