Gongwer News Service has upgraded subscribers' ability to receive alerts any time one of their keywords appears on the Gongwer platform.

Subscribers can now receive real-time alerts when a keyword is included in a news story, legislation summary, on any of Gongwer's calendars or administrative rules.

This additional tool allows users to receive alerts on topics, plus names of officials and organizations of interest.

To set up keyword alerts, subscribers should go to Gongwer's Search page.

Type in the keyword or keywords of interest. The default session is the 2025-26 term, but users may wish to select "All" so they do not have to update their keywords at the end of the legislative term.

Check the box that says, "Save Keywords and Set Alerts". Name your search and then check the box that says, "Send me alerts on my keyword matches". Then click "Submit".

The search will run, producing the results for the keyword chosen. Subscribers will then receive emails for any matches anytime a keyword appears on the Gongwer platform.

Subscribers wishing to search only one or more portions of the Gongwer platform, instead of all areas, can uncheck the unneeded areas on the Search page.

Users can manage their keyword searches on the Search page under the "Current Saved Keywords" heading.

Additional service enhancements are in development.

One of Gongwer News Service's most popular services is the list of legislative staffers for House and Senate members and accompanying contact tools.

Updated staff lists were uploaded last week to the Gongwer platform. This list displays each state representative's and each state senator's staff members, their titles and email address:

Each legislator's staff members also can be found on their individual biographical page.

Options to contact all legislative staff for the Senate, all legislative staff for the House, or just the Democratic or Republican staff members, can be found on Gongwer's Advocacy Tools page.

Subscribers can join Gongwer News Service partners Pluribus News and State Affairs at noon July 29, for a special live webinar with National Conference of State Legislatures Chief Executive Tim Storey, who will preview this year's NCSL Legislative Summit.

The discussion will examine the key themes and hottest issues lawmakers are talking about in advance of the Aug. 4-6 summit in Boston. Register for free here.

Gongwer News Service is affiliated with State Affairs, a growing news company dedicated to expanding coverage of state capitols across the country. Pluribus News, which covers trends in state legislative activity across all 50 states, recently joined the State Affairs network.

Gongwer and its partners will have extensive coverage of the NCSL conference.

Gongwer News Service is now affiliated with Pluribus News, the groundbreaking digital town hall for democracy that unites a national network of statehouse reporters to offer unrivaled coverage of state-level policy and politics.

We're thrilled to welcome this outlet, which is in addition to the 12 other newsrooms that operate across the country as part of the State Affairs network.

While we operate in different states, all of our partners are united in a mission to offer impartial, objective coverage of important legislation and the people and interests behind it. The inclusion of Pluribus News in the State Affairs network now gives us – and subscribers who need it – baseline news coverage and legislative information across 50 states.

In the near future, you will see Pluribus News content on the Gongwer platform, giving you more context about how policy issues are being addressed across the country.

Look for more news and information about the Pluribus News partnership with Gongwer and State Affairs in the near future.

For any questions about this new partnership, please feel free to reach out, or contact sales@stateaffairs.com if you're interested in 50-state bill tracking or news and information from additional states in our footprint.

As a reminder, State Affairs operates news bureaus in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, California and Arizona.

In the meantime, enjoy the additional Pluribus content available through Gongwer. Thank you, as always, for your interest in Gongwer and our services.

– By Zach Gorchow

Gongwer News Service announced Thursday a new feature that lets subscribers keep clients, associates and members informed about legislative activity: automated email scheduling and delivery of bill status reports.

With this new service, subscribers can now schedule their status reports to be automatically sent by email on the days and times that work best for their audience — eliminating the need for manual report generation and sending.

Subscribers can choose which reports they want to send and when. Once schedules are set, there is no need to manually create and send reports.

Scheduled sends can be activated by clicking the Share or Schedule link on the Gongwer Bill Tracking page. Clicking Schedule will launch a page that allows subscribers to pick the Tracking Group they want to schedule, choose the recipients and set the time and frequency of how often updates are distributed.

Whether you're updating clients on legislative developments, keeping association members informed, communicating with constituents or briefing internal teams, this new tool saves time and streamlines your reporting workflow. Simply choose your recipients, set your preferred schedule and Gongwer's system will deliver your reports.

Additional service enhancements are under development. Subscribers are welcome to send suggestions – or request a demo of the new automated send feature – to info@gongwer.com or via this suggestion/tip form.

Gongwer News Service has updated its staff lists for House and Senate members.

Subscribers interested in taking advantage of this service can look at these exclusive one-click lists, complete with email addresses and titles:

House staff

Senate staff