Letter from the President: Spring Edition 2025

By Rep. Angela Romero (UT)

Download the 2025 Spring Edition here.

Dear Familia,

These first few weeks of the year have been very busy for most of us with the start of the 2025 legislative session. Additionally, with a new administration in the White House that implemented drastic shifts in policy, there’s a lack of clarity around funding and the future of several programs and initiatives that have left most of our states looking inwards for long-term solutions and stability.

It has also helped create an atmosphere where accountability is no longer the norm but something that’s, maybe, optional, and has blurred the lines between the separation of powers. In my home state of Utah, the recurring theme of our 2025 session has been precisely that: bills that seek to intercede with the autonomy of cities, universities, school districts, State Supreme Court appointments, among many others.

We need to remember the mandate we got from our constituents in the last election: to improve the economic conditions so we can all thrive, not just scrape by. We, as a Caucus, have always been vocal and proactive in calling out policies that we know are detrimental to our constituents and communities —regardless of on which side of the aisle they were crafted. This cannot change now, and we need to make a conscious effort to, despite the noise around us, stay focused on our mission to work collaboratively and fulfill this mandate.

It was great to see so many of you in DC for our 2025 Spring Meeting and look forward to seeing you at our Summer Meeting in Boston!

Respectfully,

Rep. Angela Romero (UT)
NHCSL President