Industry and Commerce

Issue Brief

Electric Utility Rates: What Goes Into How Much Consumers Pay and What States Can Consider to Manage Costs

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org Electricity prices for consumers increased across the...
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Issue Brief

Lawsuits and Legislation: What’s Happening with Glyphosate-based Herbicides

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org In recent years, numerous lawsuits have been...
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Regional Resource

Carbon Capture in the South: What It Is and What Southern States Are Doing

Regional Resource by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke |topdyke@csg.org From Houston’s harbor to the banks of...
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Issue Brief

From Likes to Laws: State Legal Protections for Child Influencers

Issue Brief by Policy Analysts:Katie Lee | klee@csg.org Erin Twomey | etwomey@csg.org Child influencers, sometimes referred to as...
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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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Regional Resource

Can You Build It? It Depends! State Efforts to Streamline the Building Inspection, Permitting, and Plan Review Process

It is estimated that, nationally, there is a shortage of between 1.5 to 3.8 million housing...
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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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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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Regional Resource

Regional Resource: Southern Ports- Gateways to the World

Ports have been an integral part of global commerce for millennia. From the Phoenicians to the...
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