David Toscano on How States Shape the Nation | LTIS Episode 6

On this episode of “Legislatures: The Inside Storey,” NCSL CEO Tim Storey, talks with David Toscano, a seven-term legislator in the Virginia House of Delegates. He held the seat once occupied by Thomas Jefferson in the Virginia House of Burgesses. First elected in 2005, he served as Democratic leader in the House from 2011 to 2018. In 2021, Toscano published “Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives.” He talked with Tim about the critical role of states in affecting our daily lives, how states have led the way on a number of critical issues and, in contrast, how increasingly ineffective the legislatures is at the federal level. He also talked about the need to increase people’s understanding of the role of state government.

NCSL Podcasts · Tim Storey, David Toscano