Industry and Commerce

First Look

Prediction Markets

A CSG South First Look Prediction markets are marketplaces where participants buy and sell contracts based...
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Issue Brief

Poultry and Waterways: Addressing Waste and Environmental Pressures on the Industry

In December 2025, a U.S. district judge ruled that several poultry companies in Oklahoma near the...
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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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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

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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Issue Brief

Many Roads Diverged in a Wood: The CONundrum of Certificate of Need’s Path Forward

Issue Brief by Policy Analyst, Erin Twomey Partin | etpartin@csg.org Certificate of Need (CON) laws are regulations...
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Issue Brief

The Revolution Will (Not) Be Televised: State Trends to Tax Digital and Social Media Advertising Services

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Cody Allen | callen@csg.org In a world of smartphones, connected devices,...
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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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