Chicago | July 27-29 | 2026 The National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) Summit in Chicago brought together legislators, staff, and policy organizations from across the country. For us at Cactus Crossfire, it was the perfect place to do what we do best: get out of the studio, talk to decision makers face to face, and capture the real policy conversations that don’t always make it into the headlines. NCSL is not just panels and speeches. It’s hallway conversations, comm