2025 Southern Legislative Conference Presentations

Agriculture & Rural Development

AI-gricultural: How AI Will Affect Ag

Healing an Ailing Industry: Addressing the Shortage of Rural Vets

Education

If You Recruit Them, They Will Teach: Innovative Approaches to Address the Educator Shortage

Two-Score and No More: Updating Decades-Old School-Funding Formulas

Energy & Environment

Power Users: State Considerations for Data Centers

Meeting Energy Demand: How States Are Using Advanced Transmission Technologies to Modernize the Grid

Fiscal Affairs and Government Operations

(Don’t Fear) The Data: Embracing Evidence-Based Policymaking

Human Services & Public Safety

Escaping the Road to Rural Ruin: Healthcare Access, Medical Debt, and the Urgent Needs for Rural Support

Staff Alliance for Intergovernmental Leadership

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Government Staff Tracks

Creating a Culture of Excellence: How to Shift, Adapt, and Thrive in an Ever-Changing Landscape

How to Adapt in Changing Times

From Court to Capitol: Communicating Trust in High-Stakes Leadership

Supreme Court Update

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State Transformation in Action Recognition (STAR) Award Finalists & Winner

Alabama Board of Nursing: Leading Workforce Solutions

Certified State Government Budget Professionals Program, School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tennessee Office of Reentry Program, Department of Labor and Workforce Development