Health article Supporting Older Adults With Approaches Spanning Multiple Policy Areas By the end of the decade, 1 in 5 Americans will be 65 or older. In just seven years, all baby boomers will have crossed this age threshold, marking a long-anticipated demographic milestone.
The Inside Storey podcast The Power of Art Art has a remarkable ability to heal trauma, whether it’s a servicemember returning from war or people traumatized by years of a pandemic, according to Nolen Bivens, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts and a retired Army brigadier general.
Labor and Employment article Portable Benefits for Workers: Q&A With Connecticut Sen. James Maroney As independent contractors and gig workers continue to make up a larger part of the U.S. workforce, there are many questions about how these workers can achieve financial and medical security.
Legislative Approaches to Keeping Guns Away From Kids To help avert unintentional shootings by children, 27 states have enacted child access prevention laws, which allow for criminal charges to be brought against adults who intentionally, recklessly or negligently allow kids to have unsupervised...
Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos Returns as NCSL President Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos returns as an officer for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as...
State and Local Government Associations Commend Congress for Infrastructure and Disaster Flexibility With the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the seven leading organizations representing state and...
New Bipartisan Report on State Education Systems Released A bipartisan group of 20 education legislators and legislative staff issued a call to their colleagues to rethink and...
Voters to Decide On 133 Ballot Measures This November Without a presidential contest, the 2022 elections put states front and center. Voters across the nation will decide on a range of closely watched issues via ballot measures, including abortion, recreational marijuana and election administration.
85% of State Legislative Seats Up for Grabs in 2022 Voters in 46 states will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to determine the outcome of 6,279 legislative races. Of the nation’s 7,386 legislators, 3,978 are Republican and 3,266 are Democrats. Republicans maintain 61 legislative chambers...
LRL Newsline | Winter 2022 In this issue: Chair's corner, upcoming LRL events, writeups from the 2022 Summit and Staff Hub ATL 2022, along with Library Questions about staff retention rates and member news!
Capitol to Capitol | Jan. 30, 2023 In this issue of Capitol to Capitol Treasury Considers Extraordinary Measures as Debt Ceiling Nears, and more.
The Voice | Winter 2022 The Winter 2022 issue of The Voice, the newsletter of the Legislative Information and Communications Staff...
Alabama and Race | ATA Episode 3 The death of George Floyd unexpectedly created a historic opportunity for dialogue between Alabama Republicans and Democrats, who worked across political and racial...
The Power of Art | LTIS Episode 16 On this episode of the podcast, Nolen Bivens, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts and a retired Army brigadier general, talks with host Tim Storey about his...
A Guide to Being Human | OAS Episode 178 Author Karen Allen joins the podcast to talk about how the mental strength training exercise she developed after the devastating loss of her husband can be used by...
The NCSL Legislative Summit Issue Summer 2022 Places political people love, states recognizing arts and culture bolster economies, steps to minimize election accuracy, and more. View Issue