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From YouTube: State Legislatures Spotlight: Feat. Alan Greenblatt
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NCSL's July 2020 feature story looks at how legislative leaders are pivoting to non-virus challenges in spirit of cooperation. Available at NCSL.ORG.
A
Good
morning,
I'm
Leslie
Kennedy
ncsl,
director
of
publications
in
digital
media
and
welcome
to
NC
s,
l's
first
state
legislature,
spotlight
a
short
inside
look
at
a
state
legislatures
magazine
feature
story
which
is
part
of
our
newly
digital
magazine
experience.
Well,
we'll
still
be
bringing
you
two
special
edition
print
issues.
A
year
from
the
magazine,
you
know
and
love--
members
canal
accord
a
fresh
daily
content
available
on
our
web
page
NCSL
org,
slash
magazine
this
month.
A
B
A
B
Was
really
interesting?
I
had
the
chance
to
speak
to
about
a
half
dozen
chamber,
leaders
around
the
country,
Republicans
and
Democrats,
both
the
House
and
Senate.
Even
the
stories
were
really
almost
identical,
just
because
everyone
was
facing
the
same
challenges.
The
logistics
of
holding
sessions
remotely
or
coming
back
in
during
an
entire
pandemic,
worried
about
safety
suddenly
facing
huge
budget
challenges.
B
A
B
When
revenues
were
falling
off
a
cliff-
and
you
know
it,
I
was
actually
surprised
how
many
said
they're
still
doing
policy
legislation,
I
thought
there'd
be
no
bandwidth
for
anything
else,
but
they
said
we're
still
in
a
state,
there's
still
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed,
but
it
cost
money
or
if
they
were
contentious
or
too
partisan.
A
lot
of
a
lot
of
things
were
put
aside,
just
because
the
urgency
of
the
emergency
situation.
A
B
Well,
constituent
service
in
general
is
just
helping
people
who
live
in
your
district
navigate
government
agencies
you,
if
you're
running
into
a
snag.
Sometimes
you
call
it
just
letting
office
to
help
you
well.
People
are
running
through
a
lot
of
snags,
most
especially
with
unemployment
trying
to
apply
for
employment
things
the
software
system
not
built
for
the
sudden
huge
increase
in
in
applications.
B
There
are
other
problems.
You
know
constituents
for
dealing
with
all
the
things
you'd
expect
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
get
personal
protective
equipment.
You
know
just
the
whole
laundry
list
and
from
a
leaders
perspective.
What
they
having
to
do
is
try
to
coordinate
among
their
members
so
that
each
legislator
wasn't
calling
the
same
and
see
with
the
same
questions.
You
know,
legislator,
setting
up
zoom
calls
so
that
all
the
legislators
can
be
on
at
once.
B
I
solicited
questions
where
they
sort
of
collected
collate
the
common
problems
and
then
go
as
well
the
agency
to
try
to
get
answers
just
because
every
what's
tough
dealing
with
the
same
set
of
questions,
they
were
trying
to
keep
the
executive
branch
people
from
being
overwhelmed
with
with
queries,
but
that
would
that
be
cabbage.
Huge
focus,
yeah.
A
And
just
that
remote,
the
idea
of
remote
leadership
really
intrigues
me.
How
do
you
think
that
remote
leadership
seems
to
be
working
out?
I
know
one
of
your
sources
in
the
story
talked
about
the
challenges
and
how
it's
actually
brought
a
new
level
of
cooperation,
which
I
found
really
interesting
I.
Do
you
think
that
that
seems
to
be
the
norm,
or
was
that
surprising
to
you
at
all?
Well,.
B
I
think
there
is
sort
of
a
spirit
of
camaraderie
I
mean
you
know.
People
who
go
into
public
service,
of
course,
want
to
help
people,
and
this
is
a
situation
where
people
need
help
you're
looking
for
guidance,
but
you
know
just
as
a
practical
level.
I
mean
we're
doing
this
interview
remotely
through
our
computers
and
we're
all
used
to
this.
Now
many
meetings
a
day
held
online
in
not
in-person
and
so
for
chamber
leaders.
B
A
Well,
we
appreciate
you
joining
us
this
morning,
Alan.
Thank
you
so
much
for
taking
the
time
and
for
those
that
want
to
read
the
full
story:
I
encourage
to
ncsl,
org,
slash
magazine
and
to
be
sure
to
tune
in
next
month
for
another
ncsl
state
legislature,
spotlight
thanks
again
Alan.
It
was
great
chatting
with
you
this
morning.
My.