It is not unusual for the U.S. Supreme Court to say it is going to decide a particular issue and then decide another issue instead.

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April is Financial Literacy Month. Financial literacy focuses on the specific knowledge and concepts consumers need to manage their money and build wealth, depending on an individual’s situation.

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Millions of American students and adults are unfamiliar with how their government works and experts are sounding the alarm about a crisis in civics education.

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Confirmation hearings generally follow a predictable course and Judge Neil Gorsuch’s hearings have been no exception.

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The question the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates is whether Laroe Estates may intervene in this case even though it lacks standing.

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has  issued a revised template for state education plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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President Donald Trump’s second travel ban executive order was scheduled to go into effect today, but within hours of each other federal judges from Hawaii and Maryland issued decisions temporarily preventing portions of it from going into effect nationwide.

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The wait is over! Registration is open for the 2017 NCSL Legislative Summit, Aug. 6-9 in Boston. The Summit is the biggest and best gathering of state legislators and staff in the country.

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With this month’s roundball madness heating up, the March issue of State Legislatures magazine offers plenty of solid fast-break opportunities.

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Leadership guru Warren Bennis famously said, "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." The art of legislative leadership is examined on the latest edition of NCSL's "Our American States" podcast.

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