MAC’S TRIMESTER MAGAZINE

The Missouri County Record is a magazine published quarterly by the Missouri Association of Counties, a statewide lobbying group headquartered in Jefferson City, Mo. The publication generally runs 32 pages in length, and it is distributed to more than 1,400 subscribers (including county elected officials who purchase supplies, equipment, and services for Missouri county governments; all state administrative, commission, and department directors; members of the state General Assembly; as well as national affiliate associations.

Legislative updates on major proposals before the Missouri Legislature and the U.S. Congress are standard features, along with coverage of intergovernmental issues that arise between counties and the state’s administrative and judicial branches of government.

The association also publishes articles on financial management and investment opportunities, construction options for road and bridge replacement/repair, procedures to enhance law enforcement and juvenile detention operations, employee-related insurance matters (liability, workers’ comp, health, and deferred comp), solid and hazardous waste disposal, energy conservation, real and personal property tax assessment and collection, electioneering, health care, telecommunications, emergency preparedness, and local government computer technology hardware and software applications.