The report, Performance-Based Regulation: Harmonizing Electric Utility Priorities and State Policy, explores how state lawmakers are pursuing new approaches to utility regulatory practices to adjust to changing industry dynamics and meet shifting...

Calling for a bipartisan solution to the impending national debt limit.

A new report showcases how states can prepare for and facilitate a rapid response to energy emergencies and disruptions ranging from cyberattacks to extreme weather and everything in between. 

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos returns as an officer for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as its 50th president after Idaho Speaker Scott Bedke stepped down to assume his new role as lieutenant governor. 

With the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the seven leading organizations representing state and local governments at the federal level thank Congress for providing flexibility to use American Rescue Plan Act funds for...

A bipartisan group of 20 education legislators and legislative staff issued a call to their colleagues to rethink and rebuild more effective education systems today, during the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL)...

Without a presidential contest, the 2022 elections put states front and center. Voters across the nation will decide on a range of closely watched issues via ballot measures, including abortion, recreational marijuana and election administration.

Voters in 46 states will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to determine the outcome of 6,279 legislative races. Of the nation’s 7,386 legislators, 3,978 are Republican and 3,266 are Democrats. Republicans maintain 61 legislative chambers...

Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke became the 49th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the annual Legislative Summit in Denver. Bedke, a Republican, succeeds Hawaii Speaker Scott Saiki, a Democrat.  

Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke (R) became the 49th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the annual Legislative Summit in Denver.

Anne Sappenfield, the director of the Wisconsin Legislative Council, was elected to the position of staff chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the 2022 Legislative Summit in Denver. NCSL, a bipartisan organization,...

Rhode Island Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Kennedy (D) has been elected president-elect of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a bipartisan organization serving the nation’s 7,383 state lawmakers and more than 30,000...

Sabrina NeKay Lewellen, deputy director/assistant secretary of the Arkansas Senate, was elected to the position of staff vice chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the 2022 Legislative Summit in Denver.

Utah Senate President Pro Tempore Wayne Harper (R) has been elected vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a bipartisan organization serving the nation’s 7,383 state lawmakers and more than 30,000...

Transforming education, workforce improvement, economic outlook, a U.S. Supreme Court update—these are just a handful of the topics the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will livestream from the 47th annual Legislative Summit...

Nineteen outstanding current and former legislative staff, along with two legislative agencies, will be recognized by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) during its 2022 Legislative Summit.

The Washington Legislature’s website was awarded the 2022 Online Democracy Award for having an exceptional legislative website.

With more than 100 in-depth educational sessions on topics ranging from infrastructure, workforce and the economy to policing, Supreme Court actions and elections, the National Conference of State Legislatures’ annual Legislative Summit...

A new six-part analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) examines how states allocated funds from the $199.8 billion Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund program (CSFRF). The series was launched on the heels of the...

Revenue collections across the states are strong, with 25 states expected to exceed their forecasted revenues and 17 states on track to meet general fund revenue projections for the current fiscal year.

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