by Cole Arreola-Karr | Dec 20, 2024 | Legislation
The American Association of Special Districts (AASD) established Wednesday its State and Federal Policy Platform and adopted founding policy priorities to advance and strengthen America’s 35,000+ special districts through a focused set of advocacy goals uniting all...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Dec 4, 2024 | AASD, Legislation
In a December 2 letter to Senate Leadership, special district stakeholders from across the country underscored their support for landmark legislation to federally define “special district” and urged Lame Duck action on the bill. The American Association of Special...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will open its Fiscal Year 2024 Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) application period on Tuesday, November 12 – and the nation’s 7,000+ special districts providing emergency services are eligible to apply....
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Nov 19, 2024 | Resources
By Adam Probolsky, President Despite the essential role of special districts, we all know that they often operate in the background, with limited attention from the media and public. This obscurity often leads leadership to believe they can avoid some of the typical...
by Cole Arreola-Karr | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
In what has become an annual tradition, Congress passed legislation to keep the federal government open past the fiscal year-end deadline on September 30, pushing action until December. The continuing resolution (CR) – H.R. 9747 (Cole), the 2025 Continuing...