Occupational licensing requirements, while playing an important role in ensuring public health and safety, can hinder the ability of many veterans and military spouses to get good jobs.

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Human resource departments have importance that resonates beyond the immediate concerns of the #MeToo movement, Johnny Taylor tells the latest edition of NCSL’s “Our American States” podcast.

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DID YOU KNOW: A 10 percent increase in the overdose death rate corresponds with a 4.5 percent increase in foster care placement rates, and a 10 percent increase in the drug hospitalization rate corresponds with a 3.3 percent increase in foster care placement rates.

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NCSL has a new mobile app. The NCSL Events app, available in the iTunes and Google Play stores, features a full list of sessions, speakers, areas for notes, a meeting/personal calendar synced with your mobile device and other information to help you make the most of the Legislative Summit and NCSL's other meetings. 

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Eight states—Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota—hold their state primaries today, June 5.

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Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee passed, along party lines,  H.R. 5861, the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act.

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In a 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling against the owner of a cake shop who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs.

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State policymakers’ roles in health policy and public health, Medicaid, prescription drugs and behavioral health were all on the agenda when 40 legislators from 19 states attended a recent NCSL health-focused seminar in La Jolla, Calif.

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