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.
Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Newsletter
This issue highlights MRSC's expanded training program and addresses issues related to local government open houses/coffee chats, residency requirements, non-traditional work schedules, and prevailing wages.
Plus: Which county, when changing its namesake in 2005, left the county name intact but changed its logo?
Download Municipal Research News Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2025 Newsletter
This issue introduces MRSC's new executive director and discusses court-related public records requests, incompatible offices, time off for employees to volunteer, and battery energy storage systems.
Plus: Washington's last stoplight on I-90 was located in which town?
Fall/Winter 2024-2025 Newsletter
This issue focuses on MRSC's 90th anniversary, including a look back at how technology and MRSC funding has changed over time, as well as examples of inquiries from nine decades of service.
Plus: Who led the Bureau of Governmental Research beginning in 1939?
Download Municipal Research News Fall/Winter 2024-2025 (PDF)
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)