In the last decade, the challenge of funding transportation projects hasn’t exactly left lawmakers dancing in the streets.

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Arizona Senator Bob Worsley went from enticing people to engage with the SkyMall catalog in their airplane seat pocket to getting them to engage in Arizona civic matters. Ryan Blair oversaw the redesign of the New York Senate website and was honored with NCSL’s 2016 Online Democracy Award for having a superior legislative website.

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What can we learn from Singapore, Finland and Poland? A great deal, members of the NCSL international study group on education reform told hundreds of attendees during a jam-packed session at the Legislative Summit in Chicago on Tuesday. 

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Anyone who thinks things are the same from one state to the next should consider redistricting.

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Did you know that 67 percent of military service members don’t have confidence that their ballot was counted during an election? Or that 56 percent of military service members think the process for receiving a ballot is too complicated or confusing?

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A panel discussion involving a researcher, two legislators and a police chief talking about police body-worn cameras Monday at the Legislative Summit could scarcely have been more topical or timely.

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Speaking to the opening General Session of NCSL’s 2016 Legislative Summit on Monday, CNBC anchor and economic analyst Ron Insana offered an at-times dizzying review of the economic impact of Brexit, militarism and faltering GDP in China, Fed policy, the U.S. energy revolution and even the prospect of Americans living to 150 in the not-so-distant future.

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Sometimes, it seems trouble is just a tweet away.

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“I want you all to be Olympic coaches” says Hugh Acheson, restauranteur, cookbook author, and Bravo’s Top Chef. He’s not talking about sports, he’s talking about the future of our children.

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Ted Koppel was blunt, but with a smile.

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