NCSL’s Elections and Redistricting team was in Williamsburg, Va., last week for the Future of Elections: Technology Policy and Funding conference.

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Twenty-eight legislators and legislative staff representing seven states gathered in downtown Denver last week to consider a range of economic issues affecting families during NCSL’s 14th-annual Leadership Forum on Economic Opportunities for Families.

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NCSL’s Children and Families program covers many human services issues, including child support and family law, child welfare, early care and education, welfare and poverty. Learn more about what's happening this month.

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At a time when women are still an underrepresented minority in state houses across the country—just 24 percent of legislators are women—the Women's Legislative Network of NCSL offers workshops and policy briefings to help them be effective in their jobs and learn from one another

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How states can incorporate evidence-based policymaking into their decision-making process was the focus of a recent meeting of state legisators and agency, executive and legislative staff convened in Santa Fe by NCSL and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Historically, states have played a significant role in transportation and infrastructure investment, providing approximately 40 percent of all transportation spending, compared to 25 percent from the federal government.

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Teams of legislators, state health officials, maternal and child health directors, Medicaid officials and a pediatrician converged in Baltimore last month for a multi-state invitational meeting on improving maternal and child's health convened by NCSL.

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In North Carolina v. Covington, the U.S.Supreme Court issued a three-page unauthored opinion ordering a North Carolina district court to reconsider its decision to remedy unconstitutional racial gerrymandering by truncating existing legislators’ terms and holding a special election.

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Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first opinion in a case involving state and local government doesn’t tell us much. He simply joined a brief, unanimous opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito involving lawsuit interveners and standing.

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In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether police must obtain warrants per the Fourth Amendment to require wireless carriers to provide cell-site data.

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