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Tune in tomorrow to the Unity 2020 Decennial Census Black Leadership National Organizing Summit, presented by The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, to see NBCSL President Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter serve as a… Read More

Last week, Nevada became the first state in the United States to ban nearly all pre-employment drug testing for marijuana. The law is expected to go into effect in January… Read More

On behalf of our President, Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (SC), NBCSL expresses its condolences to the family and friends  of J. Ashley Mitchell–Carter, Esq. who passed away over the Memorial Day… Read More

Jackie Winters, a well-regarded Oregon state senator and the only African American Republican ever elected to the Legislature, died on Wednesday at 82. Winters was elected to the Oregon House… Read More

Tyrone Thompson, a four-term Democratic assemblyman and longtime education advocate at the Nevada Legislature, passed away early Saturday morning while receiving emergency care at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. He… Read More

The Maryland House of Delegates has a new speaker. Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones, who dropped out of the running, was elected Wednesday, making history as the first African-American and… Read More

After having her angry remarks on a controversial stand-your-ground bill viewed more than 10 million times on the Internet in the past week, state Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, addressed… Read More

One Alabama senator wants schools across the state to start anti-bullying programs and is proposing a plan to fund the effort.Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, has filed legislation that would appropriate… Read More

NBCSL's newest president, Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (SC), recently made history when she presided over the South Carolina House during its Dec. 4 organizational meeting. By House tradition, Cobb-Hunter presided as… Read More

The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) took bold stances on issues that affect the Latino community—and NBCSL President Gregory Porter was right there as the organization convened at… Read More