As a grants accountant, Heather Lopez supports the post-award activities for grants and contracts at NCSL. Lopez has more than nine years of experience in finance and accounting. Prior to joining NCSL, Lopez held roles with PlayerLync LLC,...

In 1995, Oregon passed legislation mandating that every county establish a Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC). Each LPSCC must submit an annual summary to the state’s Criminal Justice Commission.

This page hosts the presentations and other resources from the 2019 Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives. The meeting was designed to discuss state activity around economic development evaluations. 

The January 2020 issue of The Canvass investigates the Electoral College and includes an interview with Wisconsin State Senator Kathy Bernier and other things worth noting.

Congress leaves states carrying a heavy load, new taxes on consumer services, a debate over capital punishment, women in leadership and more.

An interview with Mitch Lucas, assistant sheriff, Charleston County, S.C., who is involved with the local criminal justice coordinating council.

Gregory Stephens (a pseudonym) was contacted by a sheriff’s deputy in rural Nebraska on allegations of destruction of property and disturbing the peace.

As an associate director, Meghan Keelean plans several NCSL meetings annually, including logistics for the NCSL Legislative Summit. Keelean has more than 15 years of experience in meetings management. She found her passion for meeting planning in...

Should guns be carried in schools? And if so, by whom? Teachers? Police officers? School resource officers? Should they be trained as police or school...

Curt Stedron is the director of the NCSL Legislative Training Institute. Previously, he was an award-winning educator for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of West Point.

Jay Pearson is director of the House of Delegates’ Information and Communications Services Office and serves as the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms.

The infrastructure issue: funding and maintaining the nation's transportation, water and energy systems. Also, robocalls and consumer data privacy.

As chief operations officer, Victor Vialpando-Nuñez leads the day-to-day operations for NCSL, including direct oversight of the Human Resources, Information Technology, Meetings and Building and Facilities teams. Vialpando-Nuñez comes to...

This issue of the December Canvass focuses on the 2020 presidential primaries, states that hold elections entirely by mail, ballot order lawsuits and more.

As the AMS administrator, Meg Andrews works with NCSL staff concerning all aspects of the member database. Prior to joining NCSL, Andrews worked in the nonprofit world and has more than 15 years of experience in database systems, nonprofit and...

Anthony Aycock is the legislative librarian for the North Carolina General Assembly.

Becky King is a systems analyst for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission’s Office of Computing and Information Technology.

The November 2019 issue of The Canvass goes deep into the world of geo-enabled elections. We also interviewed Representative Kevin Bratcher (R-KY) and other odds and ends that are worth knowing.

The NCSL Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs traveled to Hawaii recently for two full days of site visits and issue sessions.

 In this webinar, Tim Bartik of the Upjohn Institute, discusses his model for simulating the effects of state and local incentive programs.

Brian Ebbert is the floor director for the California Assembly speaker.

Meggan Foesch is the business manager for the Wisconsin Senate.

Lena M. Lee is a research librarian for the South Carolina Legislative Council.

This issue takes a look at updates in election cyber-security, an interview with Jefferson County Colorado's Clerk and Recorder George Stern, and other worth noting items.