More than 75% of the nation’s legislative chambers rely on Mason’s Manual to answer questions about rules of order.

NCSL’s time-tested guide for new legislators was compiled over the years with input from the organization’s members.

The effects of term limits and legislatures’ efforts to respond are collected and summarized in this guide to provide term limited legislatures with a comprehensive set of suggestions for dealing with the effects of term limits.

Filibusters, which can be used to prompt robust discourse or simply delay legislative action, are having a moment in some state legislative chambers this year.

Through stories and a podcast, SLN examines the steady effort many state legislators are making to strengthen bipartisanship in their states.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say legislative effectiveness, supermajority or not, hinges on two things: a willingness to maintain personal relationships and a determination to focus on good ideas over partisan ideals.