2025 State and Local Conference

Joshua D. Rauh, Senior Fellow and Director of Hoover’s State and Local Governance Initiative, speaks to attendees of the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research in Shultz Auditorium on January 27, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice speaks to attendees of the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research in Shultz Auditorium on January 27, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Felllow Valentin Bolotnyy speaks to attendees of the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research in Shultz Auditorium on January 28, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin

Attendees of the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research participate in a break-out session in Annenberg Conference Room on January 27, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Senior Hoover Fellow Eric Hanushek speaks about teacher compensation reforms in Texas at the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research on January 27, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Fellow Rebecca Lester (left) and officials from California, Hawaii and West Virginia speak about government-academic research partnerships in Shultz Auditorium on January 28, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Fellow Thomas Dee speaks about the impact of mental health crisis first responders at the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research in Shultz Auditorium on January 27, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Research Fellow Oliver Giesecke speaks to attendees of the Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research in Shultz Auditorium on January 28, 2025. (Patrick Beaudouin)