The NCSL Leaders’ Center talks with Steve Yeager, the recently elected speaker of the Nevada Assembly, about leadership and the historic diversity of his chamber.

Effective communication requires a good strategy: Determine your audience, decide on the message and who will deliver it, and come up with a goal.

NCSL talks with South Dakota Sen. Lee Schoenbeck about the ways the Legislature has changed since he began work there as an intern in the 1970s.

Some state legislators have begun looking beyond the fall general election to the next challenge: leadership elections for 2023-24. Some have been laying the groundwork quietly for years, while others are engaged in public and competitive races.

On Christmas 1914, thousands of Allied soldiers laid down their guns and spent the evening celebrating with German enemies along the Western Front. They shared cigars and sausage and family photos. They buried their dead. And for 24 hours, they...

It might seem like a luxury to be able to gobble up good public policy books as a legislative leader, given the hectic schedule. But make the time—and it might just change your state.