Some of the latest financial services, technology, broadband and telecommunications, and commerce policy issues we are following include: Registration Now Open for NCSL’s 2023 Legislative Summit; The Money Transmission Modernization Act in...

Join us as NCSL’s fiscal policy experts Erica MacKellar and Jackson Brainerd discuss these topics and more.

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...

The LSPA Newsletter features articles on a wide variety of topics written by and for legislative staff, as well as resources for leadership development and information about NCSL meetings and trainings across the nation. 

As states craft their FY 2024 budgets, fiscal conditions overall remain stable. Revenues have outperformed expectations, and states are largely prepared for a modest economic downturn.

For its “My District” series, NCSL talks with Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Haddock and Sen. Marty Flynn, whose districts include the town of Old Forge, the self-described "Pizza Capital of the World."

Two experts on juvenile justice join the podcast to discuss how legislatures are dealing with the issue and how a new report on youth incarceration report points to a number of reasons why locking up young people does not make society safer and...

Joyce W. Jones is an attorney and team leader in the Legislative Drafting Division of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Hahna Burney is the staff attorney for the minority caucus in the Alabama Senate.

Registration has opened for NCSL’s 2023 Legislative Summit, the nation’s premiere gathering of legislators and legislative staff. This year’s event takes place in Indianapolis.

During the pandemic, states adapted quickly to deal with a public health crisis, disruption to government operations, financial volatility and economic distress. Now they must decide which of those changes should remain in place.

The new year brought with it new principal clerks or secretaries in 13 state legislatures nationwide.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL Hosts Education Trends Webinar Series, Senate Votes to Overturn Biden’s WOTUS Rule, Setting Up Likely Veto, and more.

Gideon turns 60, reentry legislation recap, family friendly courts and more.

A new data product from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey offers insights about the makeup of the 2022 congressional and legislative districts, many of which have been redrawn.

Updates to the FDA’s Model Food Code, the agency’s guidelines on food service best practices, may help states better manage the evolving retail landscape by encouraging more food donation and allowing animals in food facilities in...

Over 575 drug pricing bills have been introduced in 47 states and Puerto Rico as of Feb. 28, and five topics are trending: pharmacy benefit manager policies, insulin prices, copays and deductibles, prescription pricing and prior authorization.

Immunization information systems are confidential, secure computer databases that record all immunization doses administered by participating health care providers. They help health care providers identify vaccines recommended for individuals...

Elections legislation this year includes familiar topics—absentee voting, voter registration, election security—and some new ones: the National Popular Vote, citizenship and voting, and protecting election officials.

For its “My District” series, State Legislatures News talks with Texas Sen. José Menéndez, whose district includes the iconic Alamo historic site in San Antonio.

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

The March 2023 issue of The News Reactor, NCSL's nuclear newsletter.

 

Through stories and a podcast, SLN examines the steady effort many state legislators are making to strengthen bipartisanship in their states.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL Letter on IDEA Funding, Department of Agriculture Releases Proposed Rule on School Meals Community Eligibility Provision, and more.