Elections Minnesota Legislature Is Tied Up in Ties Control in both legislative chambers will be decided in a Jan. 28 special election.
Communications As Communication Technology Advances, Fraudsters Get More Nimble In response, consumer protection agencies are becoming more strategic.
Retirement All Successful State Retirement Plans Do These 4 Things Model systems focus on retirement security, fiscal sustainability, planning for uncertainty and investment transparency.
Parametric Insurance Can Offer Prompt Payout When Disaster Strikes Forgoing a full damage assessment, parametric insurance products pay out a set amount based on the magnitude of the fire, flood or other event.
More Support, Less Punishment: Getting Young Offenders on a Better Path Research points to a new understanding about when adolescents become adults, and to new ways of thinking about their treatment in the criminal justice system.
America’s Future Teachers Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight The United States suffers from a teacher shortage, and the solution might come from innovative programs designed to get middle and high school students thinking about a career in the classroom.
David Nething, Longtime North Dakota Senate Leader and Former NCSL President, Dies David Nething, who retired from the North Dakota Senate in 2012 as the nation's longest-serving Republican state senator, has died. He was 91.
Basketball Coach’s Winning Game Plan: Show Up, Work Hard, Adapt Women’s basketball coach Juli Fulks lives by three core values: show up, work hard, adapt. Following these principles, she says, is key to both professional and personal success.
Connecting Physics to Public Policymaking Ryan Nesselrodt is a fellow with the West Virginia Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, a program that provides rigorous, nonpartisan policy research for members of the West Virginia Legislature.
Science on Demand: Options for Policymakers Nonpartisan science policy fellowships help build relationships between scientists and state policymakers, allowing scientists to engage in the policy process and providing legislators quick and direct access to research.
Supreme Court Hears Case on Youth Transgender Care The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case about a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender adolescents.
Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over FDA Denial of Flavored Vapes The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the case of two companies whose applications to sell e-cigarettes that taste like sweet treats were rejected by the FDA.
2024 Legislative Summit Issue Summer 2024 A guide to Louisville, the long-awaited renovation of Kentucky's Capitol, the 2024 elections and more. View Issue
AI for Legislative Work Has Arrived. Now Comes the Hard Part. Growing numbers of legislators and staff use generative artificial intelligence for doing research, summarizing legal cases and drafting documents, but it’s far from...
How to Deliver Data That People Will Trust People need to trust data to use it—so how you talk about it makes all the difference. This story examines ways to communicate clearly and directly about data to...
Learning to Be an Active Listener Could Make You a Better Leader Actively listening—truly hearing and understanding others—is a critical skill for today’s legislative staff managers.