Life After the Legislature
By Thom Little, Ph.D. It is hard to believe, but it has been a decade since SLLF began its series of programs at Presidential Libraries. The initial program, Lessons [...]
A Woman’s Place is in the House (and in the Senate)
By Thom Little, Ph.D. In honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to recognize and honor the women trailblazers, past and present, in America’s state legislatures. While women were [...]
Strategies for Developing Policy Agendas
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Welcome to 2024! A new year means a new legislative session for all but the four states who have biennial sessions (so those of you [...]
What Leaders Do Matters!
By Thom Little, Ph.D. I have spent much of the last three weeks in the 1940’s. Okay, not literally, but intellectually and emotionally. Three weeks ago, I had the [...]
What is More Important than an Election?
By Thom Little, Ph.D. A few weeks ago, I attended the 10th annual SLLF Conference of State Majority Leaders hosted in New York City by the Honorable Andrea Stewart-Cousins, [...]
Lessons in Compromise from the Debt Ceiling Debacle
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. Last fall I wrote a blog entitled “Unexpected Lessons from the US Senate” that began with the acknowledgment that it was a blog I really [...]
Unexpected Lessons from the US Senate
By: Thom Little, Ph.D. There is something that state legislative leaders can learn from the United States Senate. That is a statement that I did not expect to be [...]
Convening During the Coronavirus
By Thom Little, Ph.D. America is a representative democracy. Voters elect people who meet together to debate and discuss bills and then vote in the interests of their constituents. [...]
The Time That Has Been Given to Us
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Like most of you, I am now spending the vast majority of my time at home. However, I have been doing this a bit longer [...]
Leading Through Crisis
By Thom Little, Ph.D. Last Fall, SLLF hosted “Testing Your Mettle: Leading Through Crisis” at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas where we examined how US Presidents [...]