Yesterday, President Obama signed into law a vital bipartisan workforce bill, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which will bolster job opportunities and economic activity throughout the country. The bill balances federal, state, and local interests that will move the nation’s workforce system into the 21st Century. The bill recently passed the U.S. Senate by […]
Washington, DC (July 14, 2014) – Today, the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) released the first-of-its-kind Regional Energy Action Plan. Made possible through the support and guidance provided by The Energy Foundation, the Regional Energy Action Plan provides an assessment of the economic, social, and policy realities […]
Washington, DC (July 10, 2014) – The National Association of Regional Councils’ (NARC) President-Elect Byron Ryder, Judge, Leon County, TX today released the following statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, amended HR 803), a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act (WIA): “NARC applauds […]
NARC, along with The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), the National Association of Counties (NACo), the National League of Cities (NLC), the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) sent a letter to House leadership supporting the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, H.R. 803, as passed […]
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