Elections Forecasting the 2024 Presidential Election: The Data Says … Who Knows? FiveThirtyEight host and podcaster Galen Druke uses data to dive into next year’s race.
Special Report: A Look at 2024’s Trending Legislative Topics Insights from NCSL experts on what lies ahead for state lawmakers.
Environment and Natural Resources PFAS: When Lasting Forever Is a Problem States are getting tougher on “forever chemicals.”
NCSL Academy Sparks Bipartisanship on Police Accountability The NCSL Legislator Police Academy brings together lawmakers from different parties and backgrounds to find common ground on policy related to police accountability.
Forecasting the 2024 Presidential Election: The Data Says … Who Knows? FiveThirtyEight host and podcaster Galen Druke says current data might not be able to predict who will win the 2024 presidential election, but it can give context to what may happen in what’s shaping up to be a particularly contentious...
‘State of Play’: NCSL, A Starting Point Join Forces to Launch New Policy Video Series NCSL has announced a new partnership with A Starting Point, the civic engagement platform, to enlist state lawmakers in exploring issues in a nonpartisan way while modeling civil discourse and reducing information barriers about state...
Staff Snapshots | Michelle Dunphy Michelle Dunphy is the assistant clerk of the Maine House of Representatives.
Greg Fugate, Longtime Member of the Colorado Auditor’s Office, Dies at 50 Greg Fugate, the director of communications and quality assurance for the Colorado state auditor’s office, died of complications from pancreatic cancer on Nov. 7. He was 50.
Staff Snapshots | Erick J. Vázquez-González Erick J. Vázquez-González is a legislative advisor to the president of the Puerto Rico Senate.
NCSL Academy Sparks Bipartisanship on Police Accountability The NCSL Legislator Police Academy brings together lawmakers from different parties and backgrounds to find common ground on policy related to police accountability.
Can Politicians and Reporters ‘Just Be Cool’ With Each Other? A communications expert at NCSL Base Camp 2023 suggests that politicians and reporters view each other with attitudes of humility. All of them are, after all, public servants.
Civility: Mission Possible—Just Ask These 2 Opposites The journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson spoke at NCSL Base Camp about their strategies for maintaining civility in conversations without sacrificing one’s personal views—or one’s friendships.
2023 Legislative Summit Issue Summer 2023 An insider’s guide to Indy, life on Hoosier time, stories from first-year lawmakers, finding younger workers for state jobs, and more. View Issue
Key to Overcoming Stressful Thoughts? Stop and Shift Karen Allen discusses the benefits of mental strengthening during the opening session of NCSL’s Forecast ’23 meeting in San Diego.
Leading the Way: Women Execs Share Secrets of Success Women leaders in legislatures nationwide are at an all-time high—but only represent 26% of leadership positions. During the 2022 NCSL Legislative Summit session...
Toolbox | Using the Power of ‘Why’ to Build Leadership How can legislative leaders use the power of why to build a brand that truly increases support for their policy agendas?