Employees need to know what the gap is between their pension income and their lifestyle income goal so they can decide what they need to save for retirement.

Emergency managers have long embraced the concept of building disaster mitigation efforts and community resiliency into local governments following a major event.

To say the least, it has been a difficult year for the local government management profession in Oregon.

In 2014, the city of Phoenix, Arizona, was grappling with declining resources, pension issues, and a reduced workforce (down 3,000 positions from the year 2008).

If you put off engaging in activities and experiences that are truly meaningful for you over and over again, you will miss out on the magic and majesty of your life.

Here are key data points on how the status of local and state government employment changed during the past year, mid-2014 to mid-2015.

Mistakes, even sometimes extremely serious ones, are often forgiven. Dishonesty usually is not.

The Center for State and Local Government Excellence published a white paper exploring how longevity improvements will affect state and local pension plans.

We asked our Members to share how they were achieving social and cultural vitality in their communities.