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In the December 2021 Issue

Climate Change and Sustainability
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“When Are You Ever Going to Fix This?!”: Flooding, Sustainability, Resiliency, and Equity

Climate change—better described as climate catastrophe—will have tremendous and growing implications for local government managers.

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Utility-Scale Solar in a Changing Climate
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How To Leverage Data to Balance Urgent Infrastructure Needs with Sustainability
Featured Stories
In Arizona, Collaboration Averts Water Disaster
Floodplain Management for the Local Government Leader
IDEALS: Diversity Helps the San José Environmental Services Department Thrive
Is Your Strategic Plan a Means or an End?
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ETHICS MATTER! Navigating Social Media

Why values should guide your approach

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ADVOCACY: Form of Government Challenges on the Rise

ICMA continues to conduct research and provide guidance to communities across the globe in

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ASSISTANTS AND DEPUTIES: “What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been”

Our partnership as manager and assistant manager, as shaped by the pandemic

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Letters to the Editor: Readers Respond to our September Issue on Equity and Inclusion

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LGR: Local Government Review, July 2021

Research articles on franchise agreements for clean energy, artists in residence advancing equity, and cybersecurity

Women Influencing Local Government
Power Through the Unprecedented
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Franchise Agreements Serving as Vehicles for Local Governments to Achieve Clean Energy Goals
A New Tool to Advance Equity: Artists in Residence in Government
A Look at Local Government Cybersecurity in 2020
Moments of Change: Leading with Courage and Commitment for Racial and Social Justice
PM From the Archives: Mental Health at Work
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Public Management (PM) is the official, award-winning magazine of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), with a track record of 100 years as a trusted source of local government management information. PM is dedicated exclusively to the public sector practitioner. Designed for quick and informative reading, articles deal with issues of common concern to local government managers and administrators. [Read More]

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