Nick Lima, the registrar and director of elections for the city of Cranston, R.I., values the chance in his work to make lasting change, whether it’s getting a bill passed or giving voters their voice in choosing their elected leaders.

Like his attorney parents, Justis Gibbs earned a law degree, then followed his mother into the Mississippi Legislature when she vacated her seat to run for the judgeship once held by his father. Public service is “in our DNA,” Gibbs...

Julie Hazel is a session staff manager in the Michigan Senate.

Arielle Gulley is the office manager in the Utah Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s Office.

Brian McKenzie, the county clerk in Davis County, Utah, never really planned to be an election administrator, but he takes pride in helping to make voting processes better for citizens and for the state.

An Iowa state legislator talks about the Winter Dance Party, a festival that draws music fans from around the globe to the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake to pay tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, who died in a plane crash...