Americans of all ages do not score well on surveys of civic knowledge. Tammy Wehrle, the legislative education and outreach officer in the Wisconsin Legislature, tells us what she’s learned about the state of civics education through the...

This podcast is the first of several to observe the 50th anniversary of NCSL. We track the development of legislatures over the last 400 years and talk with a range of guests about the role of legislatures in the jigsaw puzzle of American...

After a tsunami of campaign spending on the 2022 governor’s race in Oregon—a record-breaking $70 million—a broad coalition of lawmakers worked together to pass the state’s first campaign finance reform this spring....

Data centers, the increasing use of AI and reindustrialization in some parts of the country are driving a big increase in energy demand that concerns officials at all levels of government, including state legislators concerned about the ability...

This is the third in a series on the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in legislatures and how it affected legislative staff. Three staff leaders discuss how procedures changed, what they learned personally about leadership, and how their...

Two NCSL experts on housing and transportation join the podcast to discuss state efforts to promote transit-oriented development and why states have become so involved in housing legislation, an area long left to cities and counites.