Municipal Leadership Academy
New to city office? Looking for a refresher? MLA offers education on a variety of important city
government topics and is a great way to prepare for your role as a city official.
2025 Budget Workshops
Join us for the 2025 Budget Workshops as we help cities develop their Fiscal Year 2027 budgets. The annual workshops provide a review of the important factors that affect city budgets while helping attendees understand the state requirements for completing and filing the budget.
Upcoming Webinars
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Latest issues impacting cities.
Leading Iowa: Good Government in Iowa’s Cities shines a spotlight on the best practices and success stories from Iowa’s cities. Tune in for new episodes every two weeks.
Keeping track of the due dates, reports and filings can be a lot. The League has put together the 2026 City Calendar, which details important deadlines for reports and filings that cities must complete throughout the year.
The League is developing information on HF 718 with updates from 2024 passage of SF 2442.
SF 2442 changes the calculation of the Combined General Fund Levy (CGFL), created by the state legislature in 2023 via HF 718, for some cities.
Find the latest information on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Latest Publications
The League provides several different resources to help your city.
Review our New Laws of Interest where we highlight recently passed legislation that could impact your city.
Interested in running for a political office? Learn what the requirements are and resources available.
Fostering community pride and connection is important to your citizens—and we know it matters to your city, too. Yet, with limited time…
The League by the Numbers
The Iowa League of Cities serves as the unified voice of cities, providing advocacy, training and guidance to strengthen Iowa’s communities.
Legislative Outreach
Through legislative advocacy, one of our core values, the League continues to ensure cities can grow, thrive and make decisions to help their communities.
Visit our Legislative Pages Get Legislative LinkThe League’s legislative values are the cornerstone around which our legislative strategy is built around.
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