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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos returns as an officer for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as its 50th president after Idaho Speaker Scott Bedke stepped down to assume his new role as lieutenant governor. 

With the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the seven leading organizations representing state and local governments at the federal level thank Congress for providing flexibility to use American Rescue Plan Act funds for...

A bipartisan group of 20 education legislators and legislative staff issued a call to their colleagues to rethink and rebuild more effective education systems today, during the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL)...

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.

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...

Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke became the 49th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the annual Legislative Summit in Denver. Bedke, a Republican, succeeds Hawaii Speaker Scott Saiki, a Democrat.