While the news media often focuses its attention on DC, your everyday life is shaped by what’s happening in your neighborhood, your community, your city, and your state. Your healthcare, children’s education, public safety, housing affordability, and job opportunities are largely influenced by the policies made in state capitols. At the same time, state elected officials need trusted partners to provide policy recommendations that uphold the principles that have made this nation prosperous and free. Our Network affiliates are uniquely able to take on these challenges because they are grounded in their states, they know the political and policy landscape, and they act on behalf of their community, because they are their friends and neighbors.