by Chuck Brackney

The rise in the use of various social media tools and outlets such as Twitter and Facebook by groups associated with state legislatures has caught the eye of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), resulting in some interesting new research as well as educational webinars.

NCSL has created an online source for tracking the social media activity of legislative agencies as well as partisan caucus groups. It has found that no fewer than 48 states have at least some social media presence. (more…)