Hot legislative topics in elections this year include requiring citizenship verification when registering to vote, speeding up election results, filling vacancies with special elections and requiring voter ID.

Emergency medical services systems face numerous challenges, from workforce shortages to funding sustainability. Last year, lawmakers across the nation introduced various measures to address these challenges. Here are key trends and legislative...

NCSL joined other national bipartisan organizations in expressing concerns about proposals to change the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)...

In this issue: Save the Date! – Registration is coming soon!; RELACS Legislative Staff Achievement Award Nominations; The Cultivation of RELACS; Application opens March 3 for the Legislative Staff Management Institute

In this Issue: NALIT’s 2025 Joint Professional Development Seminar with LINCS; Make a Nomination; NALIT’s Communication Platform – (NCSL Groups) is Getting an Update!; Why is the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee Important for NALIT...

Established in 1965, Medicaid is a federal entitlement program paid for by taxpayers that provides health and long-term care insurance to low-income families and individuals. Medicaid operates and is jointly financed as a partnership between...

State and local government organizations express concern over proposed changes to Medicaid financing and requirements.

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Like his attorney parents, Justis Gibbs earned a law degree, then followed his mother into the Mississippi Legislature when she vacated her seat to run for the judgeship once held by his father. Public service is “in our DNA,” Gibbs...

February 2025 issue of the News Reactor, NCSL’s nuclear newsletter. 

NCSL encourages Congress to retain the current eligibility threshold for the Community Eligibility Program which gives low-income schools the option to serve free meals to all students.

In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Reconciliation in Motion: Congress Weighs Budget and Tax Priorities, Eyes on Medicaid as Budget Talks Narrow, and more.

Interim committees are a critical tool for legislatures when they are out of session. They may take the form of standing committees empowered to meet during breaks between sessions; or committees, task forces or commissions created specifically...

Two leaders of the Women’s Legislative Network of NCSL, one a Democrat and one a Republican, joined the podcast to discuss the group’s 40th anniversary and women in legislatures more generally.

In this issue: A note from ASLCS President Rob Hunt, tributes to current and former members and highlights from the PDS in Manchester, N.H.

Efforts to form a single national organization to represent state legislatures began in the early 1970s. Three organizations that represented different aspects of legislative work came together to form NCSL, a move that was intended to signal to...

By broadening the authority of certain care providers, lawmakers hope to ease health workforce shortages and increase access to safe, quality health services.

NCSL staff is actively working with state legislatures, including legislative fiscal offices, to assess the scope and immediacy of the impact on state programs.

Election expert Charles Stewart III, a professor at MIT, joined the podcast to discuss the results of his Survey of the Performance of American Elections, asking voters in every state and Washington, D.C., about their voting experience. His 2024...

In this issue: A message from President Michelle O’Brien, highlights from the 2024 ATC in Boise, and NLSSA Award recipients.

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

Former Oregon lawmakers have fond memories of the time 15 years ago when their House chamber was tied. They managed the split so smoothly, both sides are still talking about it.

Julie Hazel is a session staff manager in the Michigan Senate.