Our American States A Lesson in Civics Why Americans, regardless of their age, score poorly on surveys of civic knowledge.
Legislative Staff Legislative Staff Professional Development and Training Seminars NCSL provides a wide range of professional development and training opportunities designed specifically with legislative staff in mind.
Elections Political Strategists Weigh In on Unpredictable 2024 Presidential Campaign Donna Brazile and Kellyanne Conway on campaign dynamics and the importance of civility.
Voters Want Affordable Meds. Legislatures Are On It. Health care affordability is a top issue among voters, with over half worrying they won’t be able to pay for their medications. Lawmakers addressed the issue this session with a variety of policy approaches to increase state and patient...
Where Is Federal Early Childhood Policy Heading? In recent years, the federal government has played a more active role in early childhood care and education through pandemic-era relief funding and new regulations for the Child Care and Development Block Grant and Head Start programs. This...
Supreme Court Allows Partial Enforcement of Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Law Arizona voters who want to cast ballots in state races can be required to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
NCSL Relaunches “Scope of Practice Policy” Website Under New Home The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) relaunched the Scope of Practice Policy Resource Center under a new...
NCSL Welcomes New Executive Officers Elected at Annual Legislative Summit President Pro Tempore Wayne Harper of Utah became the 53rd president of the National Conference of State Legislatures...
Utah Senate President Pro Tem Wayne Harper to Lead NCSL Utah Senate President Pro Tempore Wayne Harper (R) was selected to become the president of the National Conference...
Montana Senator Barry Usher Elected Vice President of National Conference of State Legislatures Montana Sen. Barry Usher has been elected vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
John Snyder to Continue Leadership Role at NCSL John Snyder, Transportation Committee staff administrator in the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, became the staff chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the 2024 Legislative Summit in Louisville, Ky.
First Appearance | August 2024 Law enforcement in state legislatures, plus a round-up of front-end justice policy, research and news.
Plugged In | September 2024 September edition of the Plugged In Newsletter, NCSL’s monthly energy newsletter highlighting key state and federal...
Capitol to Capitol | Aug. 26, 2024 In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Summer EBT Program Comments, Head Start Rule, Food Shortages in Tribal Programs and...
RELACS Report | Summer 2024 RELACS Report articles - maintaining nonpartisanship, a discussion of US Supreme Court Justices about statutory...
A Lesson in Civics | OAS Episode 217 Americans of all ages do not score well on surveys of civic knowledge. Tammy Wehrle, the legislative education and outreach officer in the Wisconsin Legislature, tells us...
NCSL Turns 50 | OAS Episode 216 This podcast is the first of several to observe the 50th anniversary of NCSL. We track the development of legislatures over the last 400 years and talk with a range of...
Oregon Campaign Finance Reform | ATA Episode 15 After a tsunami of campaign spending on the 2022 governor’s race in Oregon—a record-breaking $70 million—a broad coalition of lawmakers worked together...
2024 Legislative Summit Issue Summer 2024 A guide to Louisville, the long-awaited renovation of Kentucky's Capitol, the 2024 elections and more. View Issue