NCSL talks with Misty Mason Freeman, the director of Oregon’s Legislative Policy and Research Office, who works to “bridge the conversation between decision-makers and the folks for whom they are making decisions.”

NCSL talks with Susan Swords, the assistant director of public information in the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services and one of the “founding mothers” of the Legislative and Information Communication Staff association, known as...

Q&A with Matt Gehring, staff coordinator and attorney with the Minnesota House Research Department.

Michael “MJ” Jackson is assistant coordinator of committee operations for the Virginia Senate.

It might seem like a luxury to be able to gobble up good public policy books as a legislative leader, given the hectic schedule. But make the time—and it might just change your state.

NCSL talks with Anne Landgrebe, the administrative clerk in the West Virginia House Clerk’s Office.