Interim committees are a critical tool for legislatures when they are out of session. They may take the form of standing committees empowered to meet during breaks between sessions; or committees, task forces or commissions created specifically...

Efforts to form a single national organization to represent state legislatures began in the early 1970s. Three organizations that represented different aspects of legislative work came together to form NCSL, a move that was intended to signal to...

Legislative hiring directors, HR experts and an NCSL survey offer three tactics for retaining staff: creating opportunities for leadership development and career growth; offering workplace flexibility; and showing staff appreciation.

To better understand the demands on legislators and legislative staff time during legislative interims, NCSL studied the number and type of meetings that occurred during the most recently completed interim in 2023.