Given all that transpired in the 2016 election, it seems altogether fitting that election guru Merle King plucked a quote from the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina:" “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

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“Preparing for that day when something bad happens is something we take very seriously. (President Dwight) Eisenhower said ‘Plans are useless but planning is everything.’ We have to be right 100 percent of the time, the adversary only has to be right once. Given those odds we have to prepare for the inevitable.”

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A new NCSL resource designed to help state policymakers protect the presence and important economic impact of military installations within their borders was formally released today during a session of NCSL's Capitol Forum.

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Major new reports dealing with disability employment and state actions to sustain military bases are among the highlights of NCSL’s Capitol Forum beginning today in Washington, D.C.

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NCSL’s Children and Families program covers many human services issues, including child support and family law, child welfare, early care and education, home visiting, welfare and poverty.

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Those consulting a crystal ball for guidance on environmental and energy policies under the incoming Trump administration may find a cloudy picture.

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Despite a tumultuous election at the federal level, state legislative chambers were little changed as a result of the 2016 election. 

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Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia will not be alone next year when they hold their legislative elections—North Carolina will join them.

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We’re excited to share with you our fall quarterly Early Care and Education e-update.

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