The 2017 Professional Development Seminar of the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries brought together clerks, secretaries and their staff from 33 states and overseas for a six-day conference in Phoenix. 

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From taxes to transportation funding to constitutional conventions, voters are deciding on a variety of statewide ballot measures in 2017.

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National attention may be focused on the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races, but legislative races are big, too—and so is the 2017 batch of ballot measures. 

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South Dakota has filed a petition in South Dakota v. Wayfair asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to its law requiring out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax.

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State legislators and staff got the chance to learn about the latest juvenile justice reform policies across the country during NCSL’s Juvenile Justice Model Site Visit Sept. 24-26 in New York City.

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It has been a while since the Supreme Court has considered the scope of the Fifth Amendment in a case involving a public employee.

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Look at any news program or check online and, chances are you’ll see a story about a data breach, state-sponsored hacks or other cybersecurity threats.

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Last week, a small bipartisan group of experienced state legislators, legislative staff and executive branch officials met in Washington, D.C., to discuss student loan debt and repayment. 

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All eyes and ears were focused on Justice Anthony Kennedy during the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral argument in Gill v. Whitford in which the court is asked to decide whether and when it is possible to bring a claim that partisan gerrymandering (redistricting to advantage one political party) is unconstitutional.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Gill v. Whitford, a redistricting case out of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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