MRSC Print Newsletter
In addition to our regular e-newsletters, MRSC also produces a semiannual Municipal Research News print newsletter that we mail to city and county officials, state legislators, and other local government partners.
These newsletters include some of our most popular recent blogs, highlights of recent projects that MRSC has completed, answers to selected "Ask MRSC" questions, a Washington State trivia question, and more.
Below are our most recent editions.
Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter
This issue includes articles about emojis in public agency communication, hiring staff, and overpayments.
Plus: Which city, located in the heart of the nation's largest hop producing area, is also hope to the American Hop Museum?
Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Newsletter
This issue includes articles about new procurement legislation, new MRSC resources, tackling big public records requests, and pets in the workplace.
Plus: Which eastern county was carved from a neighboring county by the Washington State Legislature in 1911 after a multi-year lobbying effort led by a local newspaper publisher and an attorney?
Download Municipal Research News Fall/Winter 2023-2024 (PDF)
Spring 2023 Newsletter
This issue includes articles and questions related to public records implications of working for the government, new legal requirements for job postings, compost procurement ordinances, and MRSC's recent public works training events.
Plus: In which city did Clyde Pangborn land to complete the first nonstop airplane flight between Misawa, Japan, and the United States on October 5, 1931?
Winter 2023 Newsletter
This issue includes articles and questions related to levy lid lifts, a recent court ruling on anti-camping ordinances, annexation, and the new MRSC Rosters e-bidding service.
Plus: Which city has been voting for a town grouch since 1985?