A Q&A with Brian Patrick Kennedy, the Rhode Island Speaker Pro Tem and newly named NCSL president.

Kansas House Speaker Daniel Hawkins talks with NCSL about his approach to leadership and legislating.

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.