Legislative hot topics in human services for 2025 include making child care more available and more affordable, and increasing the housing supply to meet growing demand. Forecast ’25

Legislative priorities in technology and communications for 2025 include making sense of artificial intelligence, protecting consumer privacy, addressing children’s use of social media and expanding broadband access.

Legislative hot topics in health policy for 2025 include workforce shortages, Medicaid Section 1115 waivers, youth mental health, artificial intelligence and prescription drug costs. Forecast ’25  

Legislative hot topics in environmental policy for 2025 include natural disaster mitigation and resilience, PFAS remediation and limits on foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land. Forecast ’25

Legislative hot topics in fiscal affairs for 2025 include cuts to property and income taxes, along with tax incentives for business investments and budgeting for natural disasters. Forecast ’25  

Hot topics in legislative operational policies for 2025 include use of generative AI, legislator compensation, chamber rules and staff recruitment. Forecast ’25 

Despite record spending in legislative races, the post-election state landscape is hardly different than it was before the election. Republicans scored modest, albeit important, gains, and Democrats retained most of their power bases.

Voters in the 2024 election weigh in on a total of 150 statewide measures on abortion, drug policy, elections and more.

On behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures, we extend our congratulations to you and Vice President-elect Vance on your election and the trust that the American people have placed in you. 

From an administrative point of view, the 2024 election could be considered smooth—almost boring, in fact—despite a handful of technical issues and fake bomb threats.

States face a range of short- and long-term challenges that are affecting the financial security of American workers.

Most often, you find a legislative chamber controlled by one political party.  In any of the 60 chambers with an even number of seats, however, an equal split may occur.  And tied chambers are more and more frequent. Every even-year...

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Treasury Issues First Ever National Strategy for Financial Inclusion, HHS Announces New Health Workforce Funding and Resources, and more.

November edition of the Plugged In Newsletter, NCSL’s monthly energy newsletter highlighting key state and federal developments affecting energy policies.

On this episode, we talk with three people who have worked for the past two years on NCSL’s Task Force on Higher Education Affordability and Student Outcomes in 2022. They explained how the project started and how the final report will help...

Asking clarifying questions takes the guesswork out of what a requester is seeking and can help you get to the heart of the problem without making assumptions.

On Nov. 5, voters in 41 states will decide on a total of 150 statewide ballot measures. Nationwide, voters are choosing a total of 5,808 state legislators, 11 governors and the nation’s top executive.

New NCSL resource on Indigent defense in rural areas, plus a roundup of front-end justice policy, research and news.

On Nov. 5, voters will decide thousands of legislative seats, nearly a dozen governorships and ballot questions galore. Is major political change coming to states? NCSL experts break down the data and discuss the key issues and trends.

The elections are just days away. In this final stretch, NCSL asked nine experts common questions about how prepared states are to continue their long tradition of running excellent elections.

In 2024, voters nationwide will see the largest number of election ballot measures in more than a decade.

Lawmakers are responding to concerns about how cellphone use can affect student learning and mental health with new restrictions on cellphone use in schools.

With media attention glued to the horse race at the top of the ticket, NCSL remains focused on state legislative and gubernatorial elections. The 5,808 legislators and 11 governors elected in 2024 (including special elections) will shape policies...

In this month’s installment of “State of Play,” a bipartisan video series created by A Starting Point and NCSL, two senators from across the aisle weigh in on the debate over states having the flexibility to set their own...