NLC100 tour hits Arkansas

The National League of Cities' Centennial Roadshow celebrates with stops in Hot Springs, Little Rock and West Memphis.

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The National League of Cities is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and they’ve loaded up the bus and hit the highways and byways and city streets of America on their NLC Centennial Roadshow. The leadership of 10 state leagues gathered at the University of Kansas in 1924 to establish a national organization to assist local municipal governments and advocate for them. That tradition continues in 2024, and they’re visiting 100 cities over the course of the year. In June it was Arkansas’ turn. The big blue NLC 100 bus made stops in Hot Springs, Little Rock and West Memphis on its way east. They even dropped by to celebrate the Arkansas Municipal League’s 90th anniversary with us on June 12 during the Annual Convention.

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Time to fall back1On November 3, we’ll turn our clocks back one hour thus removing ourselves from daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST is simple: save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in Thunder Bay, Canada, in 1908 but became popular after Germany adopted it in 1916. There’s some debate, like a lot of our daily practices, as to who originated the idea of DST. Some claim it to be Ben Franklin, he of the kite, thunderstorm and electricity experiment. 1784 is often thought to be the year Ben had the idea. Others cite the Romans as the first to conceptualize and utilize the idea. Who knows really?! Today over 70 countries worldwide use DST. https://armuni.org/3BFNUry