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Web Link: Brookings.
Website of the Brookings Institution, one of Washington, D.C.’s, oldest think tanks, which pursues independent, nonpartisan research in such areas as metropolitan policy and governance.

Web Link: ICMA.
Website of the International City/County Management Association, whose mission is to create excellence in local government by developing and fostering professional local government management worldwide.

Web Link: National Association of Counties.
Website of the National Association of Counties, the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States.

Web Link: National League of Cities.
Website of the National League of Cities, the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments in the United States.

Web Link: The Unties States Conference of Mayors.
Website of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which is the official nonpartisan organization of the 1,183 U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 or more.

Video Link: Dillon’s Rule vs. Cooley Doctrine.
Dillon’s Rule and the Cooley Doctrine

Video Link: The Council-Manager Form of Local Government.
In this video by the Michigan Local Government Management Association, mayors, council members, city managers and professors describe the two predominant forms of local government in the U.S. -- council-manager and strong mayor -- and talk about how each impacts its citizens. Learn why more communities across the country have chosen the council-manager form of government over other forms.