To enhance energy system reliability and resilience, lawmakers are looking at the benefits of microgrids, which can maintain power locally even in the face of wider system failures.

A new nationwide, three-digit crisis call number, created in 2020 by bipartisan federal legislation, will boost state efforts to prevent deaths by suicide, overdose and other behavioral health crises.

Families with young children are at greater risk of experiencing poverty and food insecurity than the overall population.

New food labeling laws are reducing waste by helping consumers understand the difference between dates referring to food quality and those referring to food safety. 

Nine legislators and 10 staffers from six southeastern states attended NCSL’s first Rural Health Regional Roundtable in Asheville, N.C., to explore policy solutions for strengthening rural health in the region.  

The end of the COVID public health emergency will exacerbate food insecurity for many families by reducing eligibility for food-assistance programs and removing temporary payments.