The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case about a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender adolescents.

Legislative energy leaders from across North America explored energy reliability and resiliency during a bipartisan NCSL meeting in early December.

The federal government is working with states to shorten the yearslong wait and high cost of connecting new power generation projects to the electricity grid.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the case of two companies whose applications to sell e-cigarettes that taste like sweet treats were rejected by the FDA.

In this Issue: A Letter from the Current Chair; What I Learned from a Year as the RELACS Chair; 2024 PDS Handouts; RELACS Legislative Exchange Program Recap. 2024-25 RELACS Legislative Exchange —Call for Participants and Hosts; RELACS...

In this Issue: A Letter from the Chair; The Benefits of NALIT; NALIT’s 2025 Joint Professional Development Seminar with LINCS; 2024-25 NALIT Legislative Exchange (NLEP)—Call for Participants and Hosts.

In this issue Coalition Urges Passage of Farm Bill, CFPB Creates Registry for Nonbank Repeat Offenders, and more.

Women’s basketball coach Juli Fulks lives by three core values: show up, work hard, adapt. Following these principles, she says, is key to both professional and personal success.

At a recent forum for NCSL Foundation members in Washington, D.C., Kate Blackman and Natalie Wood, NCSL vice presidents of state research and policy, shared their forecasts for key issues likely to dominate the 2025 legislative sessions.

From fiscal challenges to tech innovations and workforce dynamics, the legislative issues dominating state discussions are also setting the stage for federal priorities. As 2025 approaches, these topics will likely shape the national agenda....

Ryan Nesselrodt is a fellow with the West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, a program that provides rigorous, nonpartisan policy research for members of the West Virginia Legislature.

About 1,000 new lawmakers were elected in November’s election and will be joining their legislatures in the new year. Every legislature is different, of course, but for this episode we asked two veteran legislators to offer a little advice...

NCSL is joined by the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Council of State Governments and International City/County Council Management Association in strongly recommending passage of a...

As many legislative staff members gear up for the 2025 session, planning for self-care can be just as important as preparing for work. Learn about self-care strategies in this NCSL Base Camp session.

Buying a house can break the bank, and new buyers can struggle to scrape together a down payment. This NCSL Base Camp session covered the latest state approaches to help first-timers make their dreams of homeownership come true.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol New Report on AI in Government, Extension of Telemedicine Flexibilities, and more.

Beth Reiley is a principal legislative analyst in Oregon’s Legislative Policy and Research Office.

Brain scientist John Medina says boosting your “intellectual humility”—a willingness to accept that your beliefs and opinions may occasionally need updating—can boost your memory and help you manage conflict.

Seventy-two percent of high school teachers report cellphone distractions as a significant problem in their classrooms, according to a June 2024 survey from Pew Research. And while 10 states have laws or policies regarding cellphones in K-12...

The Nov. 5 election reduced the number of states where one party has a trifecta—controlling both chambers in the legislature as well as the governor’s seat—and added two where neither party will dominate, NCSL elections experts...

NCSL sent congressional leadership policy priorities for the remainder of the 118th Congress and the final 2025 fiscal year appropriations package.  NCSL priorities include: Farm Bill reauthorization, Supplemental Appropriations for...

In this issue: ASLCS award winners, Reports from Associate Exchange Program participants, LSMI and CATS – and NCSL’s 50th Anniversary. 

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL Supports Reauthorization of Second Chance Act, CFPB Reports on Federal and State Privacy Protections for Consumer Financial Data, and more.

Sarah Maher is a fellow with the Idaho Science and Technology Fellowship, a nonpartisan program that provides outstanding scientists, social scientists and engineers the opportunity to learn firsthand about policymaking through a yearlong...