State legislative energy policymakers from across North America gathered for a bipartisan discussion of critical and timely energy issues at NCSL’s Spring 2025 Energy Supply Task Force Meeting in San Antonio.

Youth Fellows convene in Denver and round up of front-end justice policy, research and news.

A former accounting and IT consultant, Tim Bobanic, the elections supervisor for Brevard County, Fla., says his technology background gives him a unique perspective on cybersecurity and voting.

Each state follows different requirements when filling vacancies in state and federal elected offices.

Luke Belant serves as project manager on the elections and redistricting team, overseeing a team researching a variety of election-related subjects. Belant comes to NCSL with more than 14 years of experience administering and supporting elections...

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol  New NCSL Congressional Budget Reconciliation Tracker, Department of Education Releases Grant Priorities, and more.

Most states have put at least some limits on the use of juvenile solitary confinement, which can be especially damaging to young people.

This podcast focuses on the use of biosimilar drugs in health care and the possible cost savings when they are used in place of more expensive biologic medications. Our three guests on this episode discuss the marketplace for biosimilars and how...

The monthly newsletter for the National Association of Information Technology (NALIT) members. 

This document presents the May 2025 RELACS report, introducing the new NCSL liaison and providing important updates for RELACS members.

Jeff Ford’s groundbreaking work in Indiana has helped modernize legislative tech across the country. His love of “Star Wars” may have helped. He spoke with NCSL for the series “Profiles in Service.”

Contact your senators! NCSL urges you to call your senators and ask them to oppose the proposed 10-year moratorium on states' ability to enforce AI legislation included in the House of Representatives reconciliation bill.

Two Illinois state legislators celebrate poet Carl Sandburg’s enduring influence on the city of Galesburg and its people and on the nation.

In the ongoing debate over school vaccination policies, Utah Rep. Stephanie Gricius (R) and Connecticut Rep. Josh Elliott (D) highlight the complex considerations lawmakers face in the latest edition of State of Play.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL’s Recent Letters to the Hill on Reconciliation Provisions.

May 2025 issue of the News Reactor, NCSL’s nuclear newsletter. 

From Baton Rouge to the national stage, Louisiana Senate Secretary Yolanda Dixon brings a steady hand, sharp mind and groundbreaking service. She spoke with NCSL for the series “Profiles in Service.”

May edition of the Plugged In Newsletter.

In a letter to the House Agriculture Committee, NCSL expressed concerns about SNAP cost-sharing provisions in the reconciliation bill. The proposal would shift billions of dollars in SNAP costs to states.

Yasmine Outlaw is a policy analyst with the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. She spoke with NCSL as part of the “Staff Snapshots” series.

The House Judiciary Committee passed its budget reconciliation recommendations, which included expansion of state income exemption language under P.L. 86-272, the Interstate Income Act of 1959. The reconciliation recommendations include the...

In a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, NCSL opposed the language in the budget reconciliation bill that would also nullify existing state AI regulations.

NCSL sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing language in the reconciliation bill that would impose a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence legislation. The letter argues that the provision is an...

As the U.S. doubles down on tariffs as a primary tool of U.S. trade strategy, individual states are beginning to assert a more active role in international economic engagement.