1,500 Local Officials Deliver Letter to Congress Opposing Bigger Tractor-Trailers

More than 1,500 local government leaders and organizations from across the country, including NATaT-member state associations and individual NATaT members, signed a letter asking Congress to oppose any increases in truck size or weight, including heavier single-trailer trucks. The letter said longer and heavier trucks would cause significantly more damage to transportation infrastructure, including local […]

NATaT Joins Coalition Urging Alternatives to BEAD Broadband Grant Letter of Credit Requirement

NATaT and several of its state associations have joined a coalition of almost 300 broadband experts, internet service providers (ISPs), community leaders, nonprofits, consumer advocates, and business groups to highlight concerns about the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. In a letter to Commerce Department leadership, the group […]

NATaT Opposes Truck Weight Legislation

NATaT voiced its continued opposition to legislation that would allow significant increases to maximum truck weights. In an August 9, 2023 letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture Committees, NATaT President Neil Sheridan said, “The damage caused by heavier, longer trucks to our local bridges is […]

NATaT Approves 2023 Federal Platform

The National Association of Towns and Townships Board of Directors met on February 27 and 28 in Washington, D.C. to review and approve its 2023 Federal Platform.  Board members later visited with their congressional delegations to discuss a variety of issues addressed in the platform, including off-system bridges, volunteer driver mileage reimbursement, rural broadband deployment, […]

NATaT Publishes Special Report Previewing the 118th Congress

Congress returned to Washington on Monday, November 14, for the post-election lame-duck session and will have just four weeks to reach a funding deal and avert a federal government shutdown on December 16. The remainder of the 117th Congress is only 13 and 19 legislative days for the House and Senate, respectively. That said, lawmakers […]

NATaT Publishes Special Report on Lame Duck Preview & Midterm Election Results

Congress returned to Washington on Monday, November 14, for the post-election lame-duck session and will have just four weeks to reach a funding deal and avert a federal government shutdown on December 16. The remainder of the 117th Congress is only 13 and 19 legislative days for the House and Senate, respectively. That said, lawmakers […]

NATaT Publishes Special Report on the Lame Duck Session and the 2022 Midterm Elections NATaT Special Report on Lame Duck Preview and 2022 Midterm Results