08/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/07/2024 07:16
Posted August 7, 2024
In a world increasingly dependent on AI, workers can benefit from "durable skills," such as critical thinking, communication and creativity, that transfer from job to job.
Posted August 6, 2024
Conversations with youth advocates led to pivotal changes in juvenile justice legislation in Kentucky.
Posted August 6, 2024
The future of education has changed because of what researchers know about human development and technology, including AI. There is now a more holistic and "human-centered" approach to address education issues.
Posted August 6, 2024
The U.S. is still fundamentally on strong economic footing, but momentum is slowing, according to one economist.
Posted August 5, 2024
Artificial intelligence can be helpful but be sure it's consistent with you and your values and what you're trying to do for the people that you serve.
Posted August 5, 2024
Posted August 5, 2024
The National Conference of State Legislatures has kicked off a yearlong celebration of its 50th anniversary at its 2024 Legislative Summit in Louisville, Ky.
Posted August 4, 2024
A guide to Louisville, the long-awaited renovation of Kentucky's Capitol, the 2024 elections and more.
Posted August 4, 2024
Posted August 2, 2024
The chairs of NCSL's Children, Families and Human Services Committee recently met to discuss the health workforce, prevention of child maltreatment, behavioral health, maternal and child health, Medicaid and other timely issues.
Posted August 2, 2024
With NCSL's 50th anniversary around the corner, the organization's CEO, Tim Storey, reflects on the ways legislatures and the conference have grown up together.
Posted August 2, 2024
NCSL's annual bipartisan gathering of legislators and legislative staff puts a spotlight on AI, elections and the organization's 50th anniversary.
Posted August 2, 2024
More states now require evidence-based reading instruction, also known as the science of reading, which emphasizes phonics and phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.
Posted August 1, 2024
Hannah Dunlop Relf is the calendar clerk in the Hawaii Senate Clerk's Office.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will honor 18 outstanding current and former legislative staff, along with the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, during its Legislative Summit in Louisville, Ky.
Posted July 31, 2024
In a few states, lawmakers are charging fees on delivery trucks from Amazon and other companies to help fund maintenance on roads and bridges as the gas tax dwindles.
Posted July 30, 2024
Political passion runs more than skin-deep for some state legislators who have chosen to express their love for public service in a permanent way-through tattoos.
Posted July 29, 2024
As the use of artificial intelligence grows, state lawmakers are weighing legislative approaches that allow for technological innovation while protecting consumers from potential misuse and unintended consequences.
Posted July 29, 2024
In this Issue: 2024 NALIT Professional Development Seminar; Career Development for Legislative IT Teams; 2024 NALIT Legislative Exchange (NLEP)-Call for Participants; NALIT NLEP: Missouri-Wisconsin Exchange.
Posted July 25, 2024
Asja Leigh Jackson is an education policy advisor for the Michigan Legislature.
Posted July 24, 2024
NCSL examines the similarities and differences between elections in the U.S. and those being held in 76 other countries this year.
Posted July 24, 2024