Hot topics in legislative operational policies for 2025 include use of generative AI, legislator compensation, chamber rules and staff recruitment. Forecast ’25 

There are lots of ways we can use artificial intelligence, experts at NCSL’s Legislative Summit said. But they emphasized that it’s best to define the problem you’re trying to solve, then decide whether AI is the right tool for...

A session at NCSL’s 2024 Legislative Summit addressed the ways the internet, social media and other technologies are affecting public access, decorum and overall operations in legislatures nationwide.

Minnesota’s new state flag replaces the controversial old design with elements including the North Star.

As the nature of legislative service evolves, the role of leaders may be changing as well, with fewer serving for multiple years—or even decades.

A historical look at the progress women have made in gaining representation in the nation’s state legislatures, since the first women were elected, in Colorado in 1894.