The effects of term limits and legislatures’ efforts to respond are collected and summarized in this guide to provide term limited legislatures with a comprehensive set of suggestions for dealing with the effects of term limits.

Sessions including artificial intelligence, infrastructure, workforce development, the economy, policing, Supreme Court actions, and elections will be featured at the National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) annual Legislative...

Virginia is just the latest state to turn to for-profit teacher certification companies in an urgent effort to recruit and train more teachers. The states hope the new paths to certification will help ease the shortages, but critics argue those...

Because of deadlines built into the budgeting process, most states complete their spending plans well before the start of the new accounting period.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Policies for Consideration at 2023 Legislative Summit, NCSL Helps Defeat Amendment Threatening Essential Air Service, and more.

Theresa Holst is the manager of visitor services at the Colorado Capitol.

Vice President Mike Pence is confirmed to participate in the 2023 National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit in Indianapolis.

Mia Dacus is a legislative secretary in the Alabama House of Representatives.

Jerry McGinty is the executive director of the Texas Legislative Budget Board.

Ashley Peters is the legislative assistant to Tennessee Sen. Sara Kyle.

Rachel Chou is the chief financial officer at the Alabama Legislative Services Agency.

Taylor Boyer is the deputy policy director for the Colorado Senate minority.

In two cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of strengthening First Amendment protections in situations some might consider polarizing; in a third case, the court bolstered religious protections for workers.

Many states are acting to ensure that medical graduates have access to clinical training, which is required for licensure, through statewide collaboration, appropriations, Medicaid payments and other incentives.

With a megadrought threatening the supply of Colorado River water to the West, the Arizona Legislature agreed to invest $1 billion to find new water sources and will ask the federal government to investigate diverting floodwaters from the...

The Working Paper is the official newsletter of the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society. NLPES serves the professionals of state legislative agencies engaged in government program evaluation.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol NCSL Briefing on Federal Student Loan Repayment Program, EPA Issues Final Rule to Phase Down Hydrofluorocarbons, and more.

On this episode, three experts on lobbying and compliance with ethics rules sat down to discuss how ethics rules have evolved and how attitudes about ethics rules have changed. 

The Summer 2023 issue of The Voice, the newsletter of the Legislative Information and Communications Staff Professional Association.

Chair's Corner, LRL at Indy Summit 2023, 2023 LRL Professional Development Seminar, LRL Staff Achievement Award Recipients, Notable Documents Award Recipients, NCSL Briefs, Welcome New LRL Secretary, Webinar and Information Sharing Call, LRL...

Discover the latest updates for state legislators $42.45B in Broadband Allocations to States, Territories and the District of Columbia, NCSL Policy Submission Deadline, States Offer Consumer Protections to Buyers Who Opt for Alternative Home...

Kansas House Speaker Daniel Hawkins talks with NCSL about his approach to leadership and legislating.

State legislators and staffers who are military veterans will be saluted at the 2023 Legislative Summit in Indianapolis in August.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the states had standing to sue the Biden administration over its student loan forgiveness program and struck down the plan; the court also ruled that individual borrowers who challenged the plan lacked standing to...