Updated April 14, 2025 Staff Snapshots Interviews with legislative staffers about their jobs in the legislature. Legislative Staff Map
Updated January 28, 2025 NCSL State Liaisons On this page, legislators and legislative staff can find their NCSL state liaison and information to contact them. About State Legislatures Legislative Staff
Updated November 09, 2023 Legislative Staff No matter what your job entails, if you are a legislative staffer, NCSL is your resource on legislative issues, one-stop shop for professional development and connection to legislative staffers around the country. Legislative Staff
Updated May 08, 2025 From Messenger to Mentor: Mechelle Evans' Five-Decade Journey in the Louisiana Legislature When Mechelle Evans took a job with the Louisiana State Legislature as a full-time messenger in 1980, she had no idea it was the first step in a career that would span five decades—and counting. Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated May 06, 2025 NCSL 50th Anniversary | Profiles in Service: Legislative Staff In celebration of its 50th anniversary, NCSL is running a special series of profiles highlighting the invaluable contributions of legislative staffers across the nation. Each of NCSL’s nine professional staff associations chose staffers who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, creativity and impact in their legislative roles. Legislative Staff State Legislatures Magazine
Updated May 05, 2025 Knowing Her ‘Why’ Has Helped Her Mentor Staffers Across Party Lines Veteran Alaska legislative staffer Aurora Hauke helps build relationships and nurture connections in a state known for its bipartisan and multipartisan coalitions. NCSL spoke with Hauke for its series “Profiles in Service.” Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated May 05, 2025 Utah Lawmakers Are Grateful He Caught the ‘Bug for Budgeting’ With his knack for technology, fiscal analyst Jonathan Ball has modernized the Utah Legislature’s appropriations process and empowered lawmakers to answer their own research questions. NCSL spoke with Ball for its series “Profiles in Service.” Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated May 05, 2025 How to Celebrate NCSL’s Legislative Staff Week Every day, you and your colleagues work behind the scenes to support the work of state legislatures. From drafting bills to making statehouses accessible to the public to keeping computer networks secure, legislatures couldn’t function without you. During the week of May 5-9, NCSL celebrates your contributions and considers the importance of both gratitude and recognition in the legislative environment. Consider these ideas to bring the celebration to your office. Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated May 05, 2025 Legislative Staff Week Shoutouts 2025 Recognize your colleagues with a shoutout or two and be entered to win! Prizes will be awarded each day, including four free registrations for this fall’s NCSL Base Camp, an online policy learning and professional development experience. Legislative Staff
Updated May 02, 2025 When It Comes to the Budget, She Tells the Cold, Hard Truth Amy Carlson took a circuitous route to her current role as director of Montana’s Legislative Fiscal Division. An early interest in math and economics started her on a roundabout path to state budgeting work. NCSL spoke to Carlson as part of its series “Profiles in Service: Legislative Staff.” Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated May 01, 2025 Staff Snapshots | Joann G. Camacho Joann G. Camacho is the executive director of the Guam Legislature. Legislative Staff State Legislatures News
Updated April 22, 2025 RELACS Report | April 2025 In this issue: One Exchange Left! 2025 RELACS Legislative Exchange Program; Last Chance to Nominate a Colleague!; Adventures in Accessibility: The Experience of One Legislative Office; The 2025 RELACS Professional Development Seminar! Legislative Staff