The NCSL Legislator Police Academy brings together lawmakers from different parties and backgrounds to find common ground on policy related to police accountability.

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.

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.

After successfully adapting Kentucky’s election procedures during the pandemic, the state’s Democrats and Republicans worked together to make permanent some of the changes, including expanded early voting and absentee ballots.

A look at the leadership style of Gen. George Washington, who showed that a strategic retreat can begin a slow path to victory.

Communications expert Sarita Maybin offered a number of ways to ease confrontation and difficult conversations in personal, occupational and, of course, legislative situations.