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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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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Economic Development, Transportation, & Cultural Affairs Committee

Gary Howell

2025-2026 ChairDelegateWest Virginia

Larry Grooms

2025-2026 Vice ChairSenatorSouth Carolina

Judah Lebofsky

Committee LiaisonPolicy AnalystCSG South

CSG South’s Economic Development, Transportation, & Cultural Affairs Committee examines issues related to infrastructure, transportation, economic progress, and cultural strengths in the Southern region as well as bringing manufacturing operations of national and foreign companies to the region and the importance of ports, roads, and railways for the movement of manufactured goods.

The committee has a long history of studying the impact of the Panama Canal expansion and international trade with Mexico, Canada, and China on Southern state economies.