January 21, 2025 Smart Ways to Use AI for State Budgeting Generative AI gets a lot of attention, but for now the cost analysis and data tracking tools are more helpful to policymakers. State Legislatures News, Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Fiscal State Legislatures News
January 8, 2025 All Successful State Retirement Plans Do These 4 Things A new study finds that model state retirement systems focus on member financial security, fiscal sustainability, planning for uncertainty and investment transparency. State Legislatures News, Policy, Fiscal State Legislatures News
December 2, 2024 NCSL Post-Election Forum Predicts Top 2025 State Issues At a recent forum for NCSL Foundation members in Washington, D.C., Kate Blackman and Natalie Wood, NCSL vice presidents of state research and policy, shared their forecasts for key issues likely to dominate the 2025 legislative sessions. State Legislatures News, Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Energy, Fiscal, Health, Labor and Employment, Technology and Communication, Transportation State Legislatures News
December 2, 2024 State-Federal Legislative Forecast 2025: Key Issues and Trends From fiscal challenges to tech innovations and workforce dynamics, the legislative issues dominating state discussions are also setting the stage for federal priorities. As 2025 approaches, these topics will likely shape the national agenda.... State Legislatures News, Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Elections, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, Fiscal, Immigration, Labor and Employment, Technology and Communication State Legislatures News
November 11, 2024 Tax Cuts Are Still on the Agenda Even as Revenues Slow Legislative hot topics in fiscal affairs for 2025 include cuts to property and income taxes, along with tax incentives for business investments and budgeting for natural disasters. Forecast ’25 State Legislatures News, Policy, Fiscal State Legislatures News
October 29, 2024 State of Play | Lawmakers Weigh In on State Minimum Wage Rates In this month’s installment of “State of Play,” a bipartisan video series created by A Starting Point and NCSL, two senators from across the aisle weigh in on the debate over states having the flexibility to set their own... State Legislatures News, Policy, Fiscal, Labor and Employment Video