Arizona Senator Bob Worsley went from enticing people to engage with the SkyMall catalog in their airplane seat pocket to getting them to engage in Arizona civic matters. Ryan Blair oversaw the redesign of the New York Senate website and was honored with NCSL’s 2016 Online Democracy Award for having a superior legislative website.

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A panel discussion involving a researcher, two legislators and a police chief talking about police body-worn cameras Monday at the Legislative Summit could scarcely have been more topical or timely.

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Ted Koppel was blunt, but with a smile.

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Chicago is once again NCSL's kind of town. The Windy City, home to more national Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions (27) than any other city, plays host for this week's Legislative Summit for the fourth time, more than any other site.

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State legislators from across the country will gather in Chicago on Aug. 8-9 to address the needs of military veterans and to explore how states and military leaders can further collaborate to safeguard the local military presence that both defends our nation and provides economic benefits to the state.

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The State Policy and Research for Early Education (SPREE) Working Group will hold its first-ever meeting Sunday, Aug. 7, as a preconference meeting to NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Chicago.

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What do the terms “pork,” “hog house,” “smoke out” bring to mind? Your favorite BBQ joint? A farm?

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Special sessions have been held in 12 states this year and five of these states—Alaska, Arkansas California, Louisiana and Utah—have had more than one special session.

 

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Fourteen legislators from 12 states discussed the challenges their rural schools face and the unique role of the rural school principal during the first NCSL rural-specific school leadership meeting last month in Denver.

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The Massachusetts legislature last week passed HB 4343, a bill amending existing antidiscrimination legislation that extends protections of transgender people to all public accommodations such as restaurants, bars and hotels.

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