John Snyder says his connection to NCSL has helped him thrive professionally in his 35 years with the Kentucky General Assembly. He says the more NCSL can fire up staff and equip them for the challenges of working in a legislature, the more it...

Wayne Harper, Utah’s longest-tenured legislator and NCSL’s president, wants all the organization’s members to know their opinions and perspectives are valued. He spoke with NCSL about his vision for the organization during his...

Like his attorney parents, Justis Gibbs earned a law degree, then followed his mother into the Mississippi Legislature when she vacated her seat to run for the judgeship once held by his father. Public service is “in our DNA,” Gibbs...

NCSL talks with Celia Smits, a Princeton-trained molecular biologist who works in the New Jersey Legislature as part of the Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship.

Criminal justice expert Ebony Ruhland studies how probation and parole affect individuals, their families and their communities.

At 44, first-term Iowa state lawmaker J.D. Scholten earned a spot in the pitching rotation for his local pro baseball team.