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Key Challenges and Strategies for Local Governments

A product of the Institute's Fiscal Policy and Governance Committee, this report outlines strategies that local governments can use to cope with budgetary challenges. The report features input from stakeholders across all types of local government, including COGs, counties, townships, and boroughs and contains survey results about tools that local government officials find especially useful in their efforts to control costs.

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Mike Crossey, Gerri Kay, and Doris Carson Williams converse at the 2011 Elected Officials Retreat. See the event summary in Report 49, just released (below).

Regional Energy Survey

Regional Energy Survey
A product of the Institute's Environment Committee, the energy survey provides a comprehensive overview of the commonwealth's main energy sources and their impacts.

  Recent Publications

The Institute's latest report, Report 49, features summaries of last year's forum on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the 2011 Elected Officials Retreat. It also contains a new Profiles in Leadership piece that examines the careers of Senators Pippy and Solobay.

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