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When the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020, it included $400 million in emergency funds to states to… Read More

NBCSL is calling on our nation’s governors to pre-position resources in the fight against COVID-19 in communities where the highest death rates occur. “Pre-positioning resources to areas of the most… Read More

Every new day of the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a dizzying amount of change. Teachers are now forced to explain class projects to their students over Zoom, while… Read More

The US Senate approved a historic $2 trillion stimulus deal to bolster our suffering economy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The US House of Representatives have since passed the Bill and… Read More

Today, the presidents of all four caucuses of state legislators of color worked with the chairs of the four Congressional caucuses of color, for the first time, to beseech the… Read More

Tennesse lawmakers are calling for equitable help with tornado relief in North Nashville. NBCSL members Senator Brenda Gilmore and Representative Harold Love led a press conference Friday, asking for greater effort… Read More

At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments, Maryland unveiled bronze statues of famed abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass during a ceremony Monday night in… Read More

This week Charter celebrated the upcoming launch of the Black News Channel, the first and only African American-focused 24/7 news network. We are excited to be one of the first… Read More

State Sen. Raumesh Akbari is set to revive legislation aimed at giving prisoners who commit murder as juveniles a chance for earlier release if they change their lives. Akbari’s pending… Read More

In 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board gave the distinction to 20 people who died during an avoidable hepatitis A outbreak. In 2018, we honored U.S. District Judge Dana… Read More