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Research

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Student Loan Bill Tracking Database

This interactive database tracks state legislation related to student loan debt across several categories, including forgiveness, licensure, oversight and taxes.

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The Canvass

The October 2020 issue provides a round-up of what election experts are watching for as the November election nears. This month's newsletter also includes an interview with Washington, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen (D), messages to help constituents vote and other things worth noting.

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Veto-Proof Majorities in State Legislatures

Whether or not a legislature has sufficient votes to override gubernatorial vetoes has significant implications on both the procedure of policymaking and the nature of issues debated in America's deliberative bodies. This webpage describes whether states have a veto-proof supermajority in their legislatures.

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Digital Political Ads

This NCSL resource provides information about digital political ads, legislative options for regulating them, and a table that includes all significant introduced and enacted legislation.

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Unemployment Insurance Funding

NCSL provides an overview of unemployment insurance benefits, funding and solvency. This page also includes a section on COVID-19 specific unemployment insurance provisions.

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Broadband Spending: Bridging the Digital Divide

NCSL provides examples of how states are utilizing its COVID-19 relief fund allocation for broadband and technology purposes.

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Overview

NCSL conducts policy research in a variety of areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues and education to health care and immigration and transportation. NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures. We answer more than 20,000 requests for information a year. Call us anytime or check out our issues list to see what we have online.

Our consulting services on policy issues go beyond testifying. We help draft bills, organize workshops, and convene legislative-executive teams. NCSL staff are prepared to come to your state to work with legislators and staff on almost any public policy issue, or issue related to the management of a legislature. Contact your state’s liaison to schedule a briefing or to learn more about this service.

We also offer access to 50-state information and other legislative resources, such as weekly session schedules. You can find legislation in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Congress through NCSL’s new 50-State Bill Information Service, a searchable database containing the full text of legislation for the current session. You also can Join listservs and discussion groups, search tens of thousands of documents, receive personalized information on your issues, access NCSL books and newsletters, look-up your colleagues in the 50 states and take advantage of e-learning opportunities.