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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi addressed state legislators and the BBA in a keynote speech during NHCSL 2023 Summer Executive Committee and BBA Meeting.

Latino leaders from across the nation convened at the United States Department of Treasury for the first ever Investing in the Economic Future of Latino Community Summit.

NHCSL President, Senator Nellie Pou (NJ), issued the following statement on the news of the passing of New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver:

Latino leaders from across the nation convened at the United States Department of Treasury for the first ever Investing in the Economic Future of Latino Community Summit.

Joint open letter of NHCSL, NAPICSL, NBCSL and NCNASL regarding the use of ethnic and geographic references with COVID-19

Hispanic legislative leaders recently met in the Nation’s Capital with Members of Congress, policy experts and industry stakeholders, and kicked off NHCSL’s 30th Anniversary. Here are some of the highlights!

Following an initial alert in May 2019, the Office of the Inspector General published a new report warning DHS of the need to take action on the dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of unaccompanied minors and families.

Members also approved an emergency resolution on the border wall and the migrant humanitarian crisis; started an investigation into giving gig workers traditional workplace benefits; and held working meetings with many key members of Congress to engage on policy areas that are critical to the constituencies they represent.

NHCSL continues to fight the inclusion of a Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census

Hispanic State Legislators Celebrate Passage of Disaster Aid Bill: The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), which represents the over 425 Hispanic state legislators from across the United States, including Puerto Rico, celebrates the bipartisan effort that led to the Congressional approval of $19.1 billion in disaster relief for victims of Western wildfires, Midwestern flooding and hurricanes that hit the Southeast and Puerto Rico, among other areas of the country.

NHCSL recently testified at a hearing by the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) regarding the proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

In a historic first, NHCSL joins LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Hispanic Federation and the Hispanic National Bar Association, in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court against the citizenship question in the 2020 Census

WASHINGTON, DC / NEWBRUNSWICK, NJ – El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos (NHCSL, por sus siglas en inglés) llevó a cabo su primera Academia de Liderazgo de La Iniciativa “Latinas Lead” este fin de semana, junto al Centro para las Mujeres Estadounidenses y la Política (CAWP, por sus siglas en inglés). El CAWP es parte del Instituto Eagleton de Política, que a su vez forma parte de la Universidad de Rutgers. La academia incluyó sesiones de adiestramiento, paneles de discusión y oradores especiales, con el propósito de ayudar a legisladoras estatales latinas a escalar posiciones de mayor liderazgo en sus capitolios estatales, al igual que reclutar candidatas latinas para puestos electivos a nivel estatal.