Legislators from around the nation convented in Charleston, S.C.,  last month for NCSL's Juvenile Justice Model Site Visit.

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Four legislative leaders in transportation traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to provide a legislative prospective at the American Road and Transportation Builders of America’s 2015 P3 Conference.

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NCSL’s Natural Resources and Infrastructure (NRI) Committee, one of nine standing committees at NCSL, is slated to have a lively business meeting at the Legislative Summit.

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The U.S. Senate passed S. 1177, a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as the Every Student Achieves Act on Thursday.

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In rural areas that struggle with recruiting and maintaining an adequate health care workforce, care coordination can help fill in the gaps, but establishing such a program can be a challenge.

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If the role of money in state politics has you feeling blue (or red), take heart: Both Republicans and Democrats have initiated and enacted legislation dealing with campaign finance in 2015.

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Florida’s Legislature may have thought it was done for the year—but, no. It has a new job to do, and just 100 days to do it. It must redraw district lines for eight congressional districts.

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With landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions handed down on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, it would be understandable if the flurry of activity on trade and export issues went largely unnoticed. And that’s exactly what has been happening.

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State legislatures remain interested in genetically modified organisms (GMO), though the focus is shifting from labeling to sound science.

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While historically used for large-scale transportation infrastructure projects, many states are beginning to explore the potential of public-private partnerships or P3s in other sectors. 

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