NCSL, represented by Utah Senator and immediate past NCSL President Curt Bramble, joined state and local leaders from the National Association of Counties, United States Conference of Mayors, and National League of Cities for a robust conversation about the role of state and local governments in building, maintaining and improving America’s infrastructure and how Congress can help support the nation’s infrastructure needs.

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Even the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (at the time) who wrote the opinion in Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark is battle weary when it comes to getting state courts to stop ruling that state law pre-empts the Federal Arbitration Act .

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The big news in the elections world is that President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity last week.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals's decision holding that North Carolina’s voter ID law is unconstitutional and violates the Voting Rights Act.

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The president issued an executive order on May 11 that aims to improve cybersecurity across the federal network..

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Former NCSL President Senator Debbie Smith, who died of brain cancer in 2016, has been inducted into the Nevada Senate Hall of Fame.

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Imagine how often, when police officers are deciding whether to arrest someone, they are told a version of a story they don’t find believable.

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This week is Congress’ last chance to block regulations finalized by the previous administration utilizing the “fast track” provision within the CRA, which allows a rule to be disapproved of by a simple-majority vote, and prevents resolutions from being filibustered in the Senate.

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It is not just the president who wants to curtail sanctuary jurisdictions. States are getting in on the action too. Not surprisingly, local governments are pushing back.

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Roughly 3 million more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) job openings existed in 2016 than there were qualified employees to fill these jobs, nearly tripling the total from 2010.

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