As we face the loss of an hour of time as we “spring forward” with our clocks this weekend, the angst surrounding this twice-annual ritual of clock-changing has resulted in a simmering debate in state legislatures as to the efficacy of daylight saving time.

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My colleagues and I have answered at least a dozen requests in the last week from citizens asking how to vote. 

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Colorado's pioneering women in politics are the stars of a new documentary premiering during Women's History Month.

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The 2015 legislative session saw more than 130 measures related to workforce development enacted. With workforce being a priority issue for many states to consider, it is no surprise that all states considered workforce related bills.

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The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, a five-year reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs signed into law in December 2015, included significant funding to modernize and upgrade infrastructure that is critical to the movement of freight.

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College students and their families aren’t the only ones grappling with skyrocketing tuition costs. So, too, are state legislators, writes Roger Fillion in the March issue of State Legislatures magazine.

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NCSL tracks legislation related to environmental health that has been introduced, adopted and enacted from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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NCSL’s Children and Families program covers many issues typically grouped under the human services umbrella, including child support and family law, child welfare, early care and education, home visiting, hunger and nutrition, and welfare and poverty.

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Emotions ran high at the U.S. Supreme Court today in oral argument of what is considered to be the most important abortion cases in more than 20 years

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If your state is one of nearly 20 states with an all-payers claims database (APCD) law, your law is pre-empted, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

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