At 44, first-term Iowa state lawmaker J.D. Scholten earned a spot in the pitching rotation for his local pro baseball team.

When Raúl Burciaga, director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service for the past 14 years, chose Aug. 30 as his retirement date, top of mind was NCSL’s 2024 Legislative Summit in Louisville, Ky., earlier in the month.

Cathy Hooe is the committee operations director for the Virginia House of Delegates.

If you’re feeling stressed, overwhelmed or just plain confused by the onslaught of competing messages thrown at you in today’s 24-7 information blitz, molecular biologist John Medina understands. It turns out, he says, that your brain...

Hannah Dunlop Relf is the calendar clerk in the Hawaii Senate Clerk’s Office.

Political passion runs more than skin-deep for some state legislators who have chosen to express their love for public service in a permanent way—through tattoos.