Jesse Teitelbaum is the director of Archives and Reporting in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Kurt Hargrove is the carpentry crew leader at the Michigan Legislature.

The year 2023 will usher in sweeping minimum wage increases across the country. Twenty-seven states are increasing their minimums, many on the first day of the new year.

In 2020, litigation exploded around how elections are run. The flood of cases gave rise to at least three litigation trackers: The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Election Law keeps a list of election-related cases; the...

Counties across the country are still recruiting for some of the most important of all election officials: poll workers. “Poll workers are really essential workers for democracy,” says Amanda Zoch, project manager in NCSL’s...

Colorado Senate President Steve Fenberg became a dad five days before the 2020 legislative session. But with no formal family leave policy in place at the Legislature, he decided not to take time off. His experience was not unique; balancing...