Local governments have both an imperative and an opportunity to rethink how they do budgeting.

ICMA, GFOA, and a host of partners are working together for the Rethinking Revenue initiative to consider new ideas for raising local government revenue.

Local governments all over the world are taking an innovative approach to curating budgeting strategies that fit their communities, and we have gathered five standout practices that add an innovative touch to the budgeting process.

Increasing revenues and fairness at the same time.

This paper from ICMA and GFOA illustrates entrepreneurial thinking using the city of Lancaster, California.

ICMA, GFOA, and a number of like-minded organizations contend that rethinking revenue is necessary because local government revenues have not remained aligned with modern economic realities.

As communities continue to navigate this ongoing crisis, we've gathered some resources to support local governments.

ICMA's inaugural cohort of Local Government Research Fellows shared their work at the annual conference in Nashville.