• Administration's Budget Calls for Significant Cuts in CDBG, First Responder Grants, Other Key City Priorities
• Mayors, Coalition Mobilize Against $1 Billion Cut in CDBG

Executive Director's Column

• Executive Director's Column

Washington Outlook

• Cities Defend Cable Franchising, Municipal Broadband Authority
• Congress Toughens Work Requirements in New Welfare Law
• Video Franchising Principles Introduced in Senate Recognizing Role of Cities
• Regulatory Update: EPA Action on Fine Particulates and Air Quality
• Cities Could Lose Justice Funding Under House Immigration Bill
• Congress Approves $1 Billion for Public Safety Interoperability

Other

• 2006 Awards of Excellence for Community Trees
• 2006 Municipal Water Conservation Achievement Awards
• CDBG City Survey – Results Due February 28!
• Clean Air Mayors Announcement
• Eminent Domain Resolution
• Save the Date: Cities for a Strong America
• Atlanta Mayor Franklin’s Stirring Eulogy at Coretta Scott King Service
• U.S. Communities Introduces New Contract with The Home Depot
• California Congressman McKeon, Champion of Local Workforce System, New Education and Workforce Committee Chair
• Platinum Member Nationwide Retirement Solutions Lauded for Security Advances
• O’Neill Appointed to Newly Created Commission on Impact of Globalization on Education, Training
• “Think Big and Win Big” with Conference of Mayors, DuPont
• Best Practice: Dallas Mayor Miller Initiates Action Plan to Help Residents Live Fitter, Healthier Lives
• Calendar of Events