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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Fiscal

Managing Budget Risk and Uncertainty: Lessons from COVID-19 and a Look Ahead

Learn tools policymakers can use to help them prepare for and mitigate budget uncertainty.

Information as of May 2021.

Speakers include Representative Janet Ancel (D-Vt.), Representative John (R-Wis.), Senator George Munoz (D-N.M.) and Senator Sean Bennett (R-S.C.).

How States Are Preparing for Opioid Settlement Funds

Learn ways policymakers can manage opioid settlement funds to ensure they best serve communities affected by the opioid crisis.

Information as of May 2021.

Speakers inlcude Charlie Severance-Medaris, NCSL, Representative Dave Baker (R-Minn.), Assemblymember John McDonald (D-N.Y.), Senator Roger Thompson (R-Okla.) and Sara Dube, Results First Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Enhancing Local Budget Flexibility and Sustainability

Explore how local governments can face ongoing fiscal risks from declining commercial property values, growing debt loads and shifts in income tax revenue from increased telecommuting.

Information as of May 2021.

Speakers include Adrienne Lu and Alex Zhang, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Chris Morrill and Shayne Kavanaugh, Government Finance Officers Association, Rick Vilello and Andrew Sheaf, Department of Community and Economic Development, Representative Robert Freeman (D-Pa.).

How States Can Help Small Businesses Recover from the Pandemic

Learn more about the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its painful toll on small businesses nationwide.

Information as of December 2020.

Speakers include Kori Ann Edwards, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives, and Alison Wakefield, The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Emerging State Tax Issues

Dive into state efforts to adapt to the impacts of the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the pandemic-driven recession.

Information as of November 2020.

Speakers include David Brunori, George Washington University, and Harley Duncan, KPMG.

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