Economic Development

Issue Brief

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

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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Issues to Watch

2026 Issues to Watch

State legislatures across the South are gearing up for the 2026 legislative session, developing and drafting...
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Issue Brief

The Changing Odds: Sports Betting’s Growing Presence in the South

Issue Brief by Policy Analyst, Katie Lee | klee@csg.org On May 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Issues to Watch

2025 Issues to Watch

As the 2025 legislative cycle approaches, legislators across the South prepare and pre-file legislation to address...
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Issue Alert

Hemp Beverages: High Risk or High Reward?

The hemp industry has been growing in the last several years. Changes to federal laws in...
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Other

Question of the Month, December

Could converting empty office space into co-living housing help alleviate the housing shortage?

Other

Question of the Month, February

Do Fewer Oak Trees Mean it’s Time to Say Bye-Bye to Bourbon?

Issues to Watch

2024 Issues to Watch

As the 2024 legislative cycle approaches, legislators across the South prepare and pre-file legislation to address...
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