By Elizabeth Rosen Future Caucus gathered its network on November 18 for the eighth annual Rising Star Awards, bringing lawmakers, partners, and supporters together in Washington, D.C., for an evening centered on trust, courage, and imagination. Layla Zaidane opened the night by grounding the room in the reality of the moment. She reflected on how…
DeKalb County paying $16,500 to cover school meal debt
By Zoe Seiler | Decaturish DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson announced Nov. 17 that the county will pay about $16,500 to DeKalb County Schools to cover school meal debt. “Today, it is also a great honor to affirm that DeKalb County is committed to our children,” Cochran-Johnson said. “DeKalb County has worked…
Layla Zaidane Discusses Mobilizing Younger Generations in Politics with Zinhle Essamuah & Kate Snow on NBC News Daily
Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellows & Southern Lawmakers in Arkansas
By Catherine Nichols As September came to a close, lawmakers from 13 states traveled to Bentonville, Arkansas for an unforgettable three-day event, knitting together the annual experiential learning trip of the Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellowship with the second-ever Future Summit South. The Innovation Fellows come to maternal and child health and wellness policymaking from a variety…
Future Summit South 2025
Our second-ever Future Summit South began not in a conference room, but on the greens of Topgolf. Laughter and conversation echoed over swings, setting the tone for three days of connection, curiosity, and bold thinking. For lawmakers from across the South, Bentonville, Arkansas became more than a conference destination — it became a living classroom.…
Prenatal-to-Three Fellows Discover Arkansas’ Maternal Health Initiatives
When Arkansas lawmakers passed the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act — expanding access to maternal care through evidence-based, bipartisan reform — they set a new standard for how policy can save lives. In October, those same lawmakers, Representative Aaron Pilkington (R-AR) and Representative Ashley Hudson (D-AR), welcomed their fellow Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellows to Bentonville to…
Energy & Environment Fellows Convene in Santa Fe
On a brisk, sunny day in September, six young lawmakers from Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Rhode Island landed in the Land of Enchantment — Santa Fe, New Mexico — for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Each lawmaker is part of the Energy & Environment Innovation Fellowship, a two-year program that equips lawmakers across state and party…
Criminal Justice Fellows Explore Little Scandinavia
Philadelphia was enjoying unusually mild late summer weather the day eight young lawmakers from Alaska, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont converged for an impactful three-day experiential learning trip. The attending lawmakers are all members of Future Caucus’ Criminal Justice Innovation Fellowship, a bipartisan program designed to equip legislators with the tools and…
Future Summit 2025
On a sweltering summer afternoon in Washington, D.C., nearly 80 lawmakers from 32 states trickled into the vibrant lobby of the Kimpton Hotel Monaco to check in for Future Summit, the nation’s largest cross-partisan gathering of Gen Z and millennial state legislators. The room had the air of a family reunion: hugs between long-separated friends,…
Energy & Environment Fellows in Santa Fe, New Mexico
By Catherine Nichols On a brisk, sunny day in September, six young lawmakers from Colorado, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Rhode Island landed in the Land of Enchantment — Santa Fe, New Mexico — for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Each lawmaker is part of the Energy & Environment Innovation Fellowship, a two-year program that equips…