Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) are a set of portable medical orders that allow seriously ill or frail people to communicate their end-of-life care wishes to health care facilities and providers. At least 37 states authorize...

Joining NCSL Town Hall to talk about significant legislative trends in law enforcement policy, accountability and oversight is Amber Widgery, Program Principal with NCSL’s Criminal Justice Program.

Jesse Teitelbaum is the director of Archives and Reporting in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Kurt Hargrove is the carpentry crew leader at the Michigan Legislature.

The year 2023 will usher in sweeping minimum wage increases across the country. Twenty-seven states are increasing their minimums, many on the first day of the new year.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Call to Action: NCSL's Top Priorities for the Lame-Duck Session and more.

In 2020, litigation exploded around how elections are run. The flood of cases gave rise to at least three litigation trackers: The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Election Law keeps a list of election-related cases; the...

Counties across the country are still recruiting for some of the most important of all election officials: poll workers. “Poll workers are really essential workers for democracy,” says Amanda Zoch, project manager in NCSL’s...

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.

Colorado Senate President Steve Fenberg became a dad five days before the 2020 legislative session. But with no formal family leave policy in place at the Legislature, he decided not to take time off. His experience was not unique; balancing...

As a policy associate in NCSL’s Children and Families Program, Walker Stevens focuses his research on policy topics related to child and family well-being, including child support and family law, economic security, food security, housing...

Alix Stephens is a senior legislative attorney with Arkansas’ Bureau of Legislative Research.

NCSL’s Elections and Redistricting Project Manager Amanda Zoch joins NCSL Town Hall to discuss what it takes to run a smooth election and how this year’s midterm may be the most closely watched political moment in years.

Cameron Lapine is a legislative aide in the New Hampshire Senate.

As states and higher education institutions work to rebound from postsecondary enrollment declines, millions of potential college students face major access and affordability challenges.

NCSL child welfare fellows program gathered lawmakers and staff from across the states and the territories to deepening understanding on early childhood and youth homelessness.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol White House Hosts Virtual Summit on 'Accelerating Infrastructure', Medicare Drug Manufacturers Subject to Penalties for Inflationary Increases and more.

The U.S. Census Bureau works all decade long to produce good data—and provides ways for counties, cities and other local jurisdictions that aren’t satisfied with their numbers to appeal or even ask for a new count. While these options...

Partisan control and candidate races may be dominating the headlines as the midterm elections get underway, but voters in a handful of states will also weigh in on at least 12 important ballot measures that could have major impacts on the...

On this episode, veteran political observer Charlie Cook talks with NCSL CEO Tim Storey about everything from high school debate to how Washington has changed to what he expects to see when all the ballots are counted in this year’s...

Yes, there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding today’s economy. But, for now, the name of the game is to get inflation under control, according to Michael Chriszt. The vice president and public affairs officer for the Federal...

Michelle Nelson is a senior legislative analyst and committee staffer in the Arkansas Legislature.

Don Richards is the budget and fiscal administrator for the Wyoming Legislature.

More than $550 million. That’s how much has been raised so far for this year’s state legislative races. According to Open Secrets,  a website that tracks donations, spending varies significantly by state, from $6.9 million in...