Maddy Oritt is a senior economist for the Utah Legislature.

Lawmakers are turning to approaches that span multiple policy areas to help older adults face the unique social, physical and economic challenges associated with aging.

Federal aid will help states mitigate and recover from severe weather, update aging water infrastructure and address the threats posed by PFAS chemicals.

Effective communication requires a good strategy: Determine your audience, decide on the message and who will deliver it, and come up with a goal.

The Winter 2022 issue of The Voice, the newsletter of the Legislative Information and Communications Staff Professional Association.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol: States Face Significant Penalties for Failure to Comply With Medicaid Redetermination Requirements, Education Department Releases Proposed Income-Driven Repayment Regulation, and more.

Partnerships with the federal government can help states to implement new data- and evidence-based approaches to fighting fraud in unemployment insurance programs.

Connecticut Rep. Quentin Williams, a man known for his energy, exuberance and infectious optimism, died in a head-on traffic collision on his way home from the governor’s inaugural ball in early January.

The bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act provides needed clarification of the way presidential election results get from states through the Electoral College process to Congress.

Author Karen Allen joins the podcast to talk about how the mental strength training exercise she developed after the devastating loss of her husband can be used by everyone, including legislators and legislative staff, to help with stress and...

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. 

Some of the latest financial services, technology, broadband and telecommunications and commerce policy issues we are following include: Scams Affect Adults of All Ages; Congressional Committees Investigate FTX Collapse. 

With new investments in unemployment insurance and Trade Adjustment Assistance programs, Congress is supporting state workforce development efforts.

Economist Christopher Thornberg predicts that although the economic path ahead will be bumpy, a recession is not inevitable.

Rich Jones died Jan.  2, 2023, after a 2½-year battle with cancer. He spent more than 20 years at NCSL, including 17 years as director of Legislative Programs before joining Bell Policy Center in 2004.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol: NCSL Joint Briefing With DOL, NGA and NASWA, Short-Term Compensation State Briefing, and more.

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...

Tim Storey, the CEO of NCSL, joined the podcast to talk about the 2023 sessions for state legislatures, the shape of state budgets, the huge challenge of workforce shortages and the crisis in behavioral and mental health, especially among young...

The NCSL website has a fresh new look. Visitors to ncsl.org will find the same great content with updated, streamlined pages organized to allow quick navigation to all of NCSL's resources.

The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an onslaught of unemployment insurance fraud. Now states are looking to new data collection and analysis systems to stop the next wave.

NCSL invites you to join Natalie Wood, director of NCSL’s Center for Legislative Strengthening, for a town hall on what’s happening in state legislatures as they convene in 2023.

As the nation navigates the lingering challenges of the pandemic, new public safety concerns have emerged, among them fentanyl overdoses, carjackings, catalytic converter thefts and other crimes of opportunity.

Many states are using geographic information system software to display data on layered maps, allowing policymakers to see where the need for afterschool and summer learning programs is high and where program access is lacking.

Shoshana Silver is an attorney for the House Democratic Office in the Florida Legislature.