Issue Brief
Supporting Survivors: Criminal Protections for Victims of Human Trafficking
Issue Brief by Policy Analyst, Erin Twomey Partin | etpartin@csg.org Human trafficking is recognized as a crime...
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Recent Research
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Data Centers in the South: Looking Under the Hood at Resource Usage
Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org Data centers are the physical infrastructure that...
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Issue Brief
Just What the Doctor Ordered: How States Are Reforming Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulations
Issue Brief by Policy Analyst, Erin Twomey Partin | etpartin@csg.org The United States is the only country...
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Issue Brief
Take That for Data: Incentivizing Innovation – or Inefficiency?
Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Cody Allen | callen@csg.org According to the Data Center Coalition, 11...
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Southern Pulse Newsletter, January
Welcome to the January issue of Southern Pulse, your monthly source for updates and insights from...
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Economic Development
Checking Up On the Budgetary and Fiscal Health of the States
An overview of state revenue trends, fiscal capacity, and budget pressures as legislatures begin the 2026...
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Government Operations
Defending State Systems Against Emerging Cyber Threats
Presented by CSG South through the Staff Alliance for Intergovernmental Leadership (SAIL) State agencies face a...
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Southern Pulse Newsletter, December
Welcome to the December issue of Southern Pulse, your monthly source for updates and insights from...
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