John Turcotte, who retired from North Carolina’s program evaluation agency in 2020, also served as an NCSL staff chair. He spoke with NCSL as part of the series “Profiles in Service.”

In the wake of the assassination of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, state legislatures across the country are ramping up their security measures amid...

Alberto León Ayala is the secretary of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.

Thaizza M. Rodríguez Pagán is the deputy secretary of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.

Amber Snyder has been in one supporting role or another at the Texas Legislature for over 30 years. She spoke with NCSL as part of the series “Profiles in Service.”

Capital punishment continues to be a contentious issue in the United States, where each state has the autonomy to determine which crimes warrant the death penalty. Among the 27 states with capital punishment laws, premeditated murder and murder...