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County News Coverage: 2020 NACo Legislative Conference

By Mary Ann Barton, Charlie Ban, Rachel Looker   Feb. 28, 2020
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  11. Health

    Director for the North Central District Health Department in Idaho Carol Moehrle discusses suicide rates with members of the Health Policy Steering Committee at NACo’s 2020 Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. Photo by Leon Lawrence
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    County health challenges include increased suicide rates, rural hospital closures

    Suicide rates and rural hospital closures are just two of the health challenges facing counties, officials said Saturday during the Health Policy Steering Committee meeting at NACo’s 2020 Legislative Conference. 
  13. Justice & Public Safety

    Lauren Ziegler, senior legislative assistant, Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas), makes a point Saturday at NACo’s Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee meeting. Looking on are (right) Steve Janushkowsky, legislative director for Babin and Brad Watts (left), chief counsel, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Photo by Denny Henry
    County News

    Proposed legislation to stop mass shootings calls for identifying behavioral threats

    Members of NACo’s Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee heard about the proposed Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety Act.
  15. Elections

    (L-r) Weber County, Utah Auditor/Clerk Ricky Hatch; Director of the Election Security Initiative for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency/Department of Homeland Security Geoffrey Hale and United States Election Assistance Commission Chair Thomas Hicks discuss election security at NACo’s 2020 Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. Photo by Leon Lawrence
    County News

    Election officials talk security, funding, voter confidence

    Members of the Finance, Pension and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the Telecommunications and Technology Committee heard from experts about internet security, misinformation spread about elections and funding for election systems.
  17. Public Lands

    U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen signs memorandum of understanding March 1 at NACo Legislative Conference. Flanking her (l-r) are Matt Chase, Joel Bousman, Mark Whitley, Greg Greg Chilcott and Kevin Cann. Photo by Leon Lawrence
    County News

    Relations continue to improve with Forest Service

    NACo and the U.S Forest Service renewed a memoradum of understanding and prepared to debut a guide for county officials and front-line Forest Service personnel to work together closely.

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    Your Voice in Washington: 2019 Year in Review

    America’s 3,069 counties, parishes and boroughs unite through NACo, seeking solutions that help make our communities healthy, vibrant and safe. And this year, our collective voice has never been stronger in Washington, D.C.
  6. Human Services

    Jim Zwetzig, a Morgan County, Colo. commissioner, explains why his local nonprofit has done a more effective job helping immigrants integrate than a government directive would have done. Amanda Bergson-Shilcock of the National Skills Coalition is to his right. Photo by Denny Henry.
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    Workforce inclusion, extension of services key to immigrant integration

    Without a federal policy on how best to integrate immigrants, the onus falls on state and local governments and nonprofit organizations to ease new arrivals’ way into the communities in which they’re settling

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