November 17, 2023 Greg Fugate, Longtime Member of the Colorado Auditor’s Office, Dies at 50 Greg Fugate, the director of communications and quality assurance for the Colorado state auditor’s office, died of complications from pancreatic cancer on Nov. 7. He was 50. State Legislatures News, People, Obits State Legislatures News
October 27, 2023 Vic Fischer, Last Surviving Signer of Alaska Constitution, Dies Vic Fischer, the last surviving signer of the Alaska constitution and a former senator in the Alaska Legislature, died Sunday, Oct. 23, at age 99. State Legislatures News, People, Obits State Legislatures News
October 3, 2023 North Dakota Sen. Doug Larsen, Wife and 2 Kids Die in Utah Plane Crash North Dakota Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and two children died when the plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff from Moab, Utah, on Monday. State Legislatures News, People, Obits State Legislatures News
August 25, 2023 Bill Russell, Chief of Vermont’s Legislative Counsel for 36 Years, Dies Bill Russell, who served as chief of Vermont’s Legislative Counsel and as NCSL’s staff chair in 1990-91, died Aug. 15 in Santa Fe, N.M., after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 80. State Legislatures News, People, Legislative Staff, Obits State Legislatures News
April 28, 2023 Two Long-Serving Maryland Officials Leave Legacies of Service Former Maryland House Speaker Casper R. Taylor and former Maryland fiscal director William Sawtelle “Bill” Ratchford II died this week. State Legislatures News, People, Obits State Legislatures News
March 14, 2023 Donna Stone, Long-Serving Delaware Lawmaker and Former NCSL President, Dies Donna Stone, a longtime Delaware legislator and former president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, has died. She was 78. State Legislatures News, People, Obits State Legislatures News