Not to toot our own horn, but NCSL’s history is integrally tied to the titanic efforts, personalities and organizations that sought to bolster the legislative institution in the second half of the 20th century.

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Some gene therapies “are approaching several million dollars and those costs are felt across the health care system, particularly for Medicaid and state employee plans,” said Colleen Becker, a sernior policy specialist in NCSL's Health Program, during a recent installment of NCSL’s “Our American States” podcast.

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Our next episode of "Building Democracy" picks up after the end of the Revolutionary War. With the sovereignty and independence of the United States secured, the Revolutionary War over and the British (mostly) repulsed from North American shores, the young nation turns its attention to its Western borders.

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The relationship between the colonies and England remained positive throughout most of the colonial period. Even in the midst of the conflict, roughly half of the American population remained loyal to the crown. So, what happened?

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Overlaying the celebration in 2019 of the inaugural session of English North America’s original representative democratic body is the grim remembrace that it was also the dawn of American slavery.

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NCSL’s "Our American States" podcast presents a special new six-part series, “Building Democracy: The Story of Legislatures,” covering the history, characters and stories of state legislatures in America, from the beginnings in Jamestown, to the present day and into the future.

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It’s not like the communications staff for the Delaware House Democratic Caucus didn’t have enough to do. But after attending the Legislative Information and Communications Staff (LINCS) association’s professional development seminar last fall, they were inspired to take on a new project.

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Four traditionally Republican-leaning states could become battlegrounds in 2020, says political analyst Louis Jacobson.

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David Long, who rose to become the Senate pro tem in Indiana, remembers an early meeting in his legislative career. He asked to talk with the chair of the finance committee to discuss the state’s income tax law and proceeded to tell him “how dumb aspects of it were.”

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From online shopping and wedding cakes to sports gambling and travel bans, the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest session prescribed a wide range of important political and legal precedents.

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