Artificial intelligence is a topic of considerable concern to legislatures and more than 30 states passed AI-related legislation this year. Our three guests on this episode discuss the legislative landscape for AI, and efforts in Alaska and...

On this episode we get perspectives from three people involved in the debate over coverage of GLP-1 drugs, a group of medications that are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity and are becoming increasingly popular as a weight-loss...

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...