North Dakota Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and two children died when the plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff from Moab, Utah, on Monday.

In the fight to make roadways safer, lawmakers are toughening handheld and texting bans to make cellphone use while driving a primary offense.

Policymakers are being pushed to rethink and strengthen current wildfire management strategies. 

Two cybersecurity experts join the podcast to discuss ways to safeguard energy systems from attacks, and the role state legislatures play through their oversight of public utility commissions. Since the start of 2021, states introduced nearly 500...

Tim Storey, chief executive officer of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), released the following statement on the potential federal government shutdown.

Lawmakers Visit Care Campus in Rapid City, plus a roundup of front-end justice policy, research and news.

Trending this year in election legislation are absentee/mail voting, voter registration and voter list maintenance. Lawmakers also increased wages and protections for election officials, revised state processes that feed into the Electoral...

Health system consolidation is increasing throughout the United States, and many legislators are considering policies to enhance its oversight, while further examining its impact on health care costs and quality.

Heather Kelly is the co-manager of the Office of Census Data in Indiana’s Legislative Services Agency.

Join Connecticut State Sen. James Maroney and Texas Rep. Giovanni Capriglione for an engaging conversation on the latest developments in AI legislative initiatives, along with insights on topics such as data privacy, ethics in AI, workforce...

The NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures is sponsored by a distinguished group of leaders who represent the nation’s most prestigious and influential corporations, unions and other organizations.

The Care Campus, a Rapid City, S.D., facility that houses several social service operations in one location, is connecting people with mental health treatment and reducing jail intakes for misdemeanor offenses.

Tim Storey, chief executive officer of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), sent a letter to Congressional leadership on behalf of states supporting the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act of 2023 (SAFER Banking...

Taylor Swift started something this year in state legislatures. When automated bots caused chaos in ticket sales and shut out many fans, lawmakers in 24 states and Puerto Rico explored how to regulate vendors like Ticketmaster. Texas was the...

To make roadsides safer for first responders and others, states have passed move over laws, which typically require drivers to slow down and/or change lanes when approaching emergency or other prescribed vehicles that are stopped on the roadway.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Call to Action: Contact your Senate members this week and urge support for the SAFER Banking Act, Potential Impacts of a Government Shutdown on State Grant Programs, and more.

Assistant Majority Leader Illinois

With no federal child care deal in sight, some states are acting to ensure child care programs don’t have to close once pandemic relief funding runs out.

WNBA legend Tamika Catchings led the Indiana Fever to 13 playoffs and a championship during her 15 active seasons, but she’s an MVP off the court, too.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL Submits Statement on Scope of Practice to Veteran Affairs Subcommittee on Health, Senate Conducts First Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum to Explore AI Regulations, and more.

The U.S. has added 12.1 million jobs coming out of the pandemic, making for a strong labor market, but the public sector has lagged far behind private employers.

Join Patrick Guzzle, vice president of food science for the National Restaurant Association, and Emily Sampson, a policy analyst who covers environmental health and resilience topics for NCSL, for a lively discussion on the benefits of adopting...

With the costs of opioid addiction mounting, the federal government is disrupting drug trafficking supply chains, while state legislatures focus on prevention and treatment by expanding access to naloxone.

A Q&A with Sabrina Lewellen, the director and assistant secretary of the Arkansas Senate and newly named NCSL staff chair.