County News Podcast

Take a deep dive on issues impacting local governments across the country, share in lessons on leadership from county leaders and their counterparts in Washington, and learn more about what it takes to strengthen America’s counties on the County News Podcast from the National Association of Counties.

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Episodes

The CIO Reserves

22 hours ago

22 hours ago

Greenbrier County, W.Va. Commissioner Tammy Tincher, Cook County, Ill. CIO Tom Lynch and NACo CIO Rita Reynolds discuss the pilot CIO Reserves program, which offers IT experts to help rural counties assess their technology and cybersecurity needs.

Monday Feb 03, 2025

Berrien County, Mich. ensures that all residents and visitors can access emergency services regardless of their primary language thanks to a translation and interpretation service.

Monday Dec 23, 2024

Shinica Thomas, a Wake County, N.C. commissioner and a member of NACo's AI Exploratory Committee, talks about her process for learning about artificial intelligence, its limits and challenges and some applications for use in county government.

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

Modoc County, Calif. Supervisor Ned Coe outlines how ideas from county government have helped the U.S. Forest Service do its job.

Monday Nov 04, 2024

Johnson County, Texas Commissioner Rick Bailey shares his experience in the trucking industry and as a county commissioner in charge of maintaining his roads and why heavy trucks threaten local insfrastructure. 

Monday Oct 21, 2024

Mariposa County, Calif. Supervisor Miles Menetrey and Eagle County, Colo. Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry discuss the coalition building necessary for counties to succeed when much of their land is managed by the National Forest Service and National Park Service. 

Monday Oct 07, 2024

Allegheny County, Pa. Director of Housing Strategies Ed Nusser introduces the 500 in 500 initiative for moving people out of shelters and NACo’s Mike Matthews discusses the county role in developing affordable housing.

Monday Sep 23, 2024

Clay County, Iowa Supervisor Barry Anderson joins the County News Podcast to describe the compounding effects from a generational flood his county seat faced in June. Anderson outlines the county’s responses to the challenges and NACo Legislative Director Brett Mattson shares federal resources for counties and provides an update on legislation that could help counties facing natural disasters.

Monday Sep 09, 2024

Two Southern Utah commissioners - Tammy Pearson from Beaver County and Jerry Taylor from Garfield County - discuss building relationships outside of their network of public lands officials, in hopes of educating and winning new champions.

Monday Aug 26, 2024

Two county supervisors from California — Jeff Griffiths from Inyo County and Heidi Hall from Nevada County — talk about balancing serving their residents and drawing tourists to their mountain communities.

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