Policy

Issue Brief

Saved by the Bell: State Approaches to Bring the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis to a Screeching Halt

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Cody Allen | callen@csg.org Since 2018, the rate of chronic absenteeism...
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Regional Resource

Reinforcing Our “Steel Magnolias”: How the South Is Combatting High Maternal Mortality Rates

Regional Resource by Policy Analyst, Erin Twomey | etwomey@csg.org The United States has the highest maternal mortality...
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Issue Brief

The Tort(oise) and What’s Fair: States Race to Debate Litigation Reform

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Cody Allen | callen@csg.org “Tort (from Latin: torquere, to twist; tortus,...
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Issue Alert

Speeding Into the Future: How Intelligent Speed Assistance Could Shape Safer Roads

Issue Alert by Policy Analyst, Katie Lee | klee@csg.org Every year, speeding remains a large factor...
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Issue Brief

Keeping Farmland in the Hands of Farmers: How States and Individuals Can Protect Agricultural Land

Since the end of World War II, agriculture productivity in the United States has nearly tripled....
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Policy Analysis

A Family Approach: Substance Abuse Impact and Solutions for Southern Foster Care Systems

CSG South, in partnership with Casey Family Programs, provides states with information and resources on child...
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Issue Brief

The United States of Semesters: Reexamining the Quarter versus Semester Debate in Higher Education Systems

Semester, quarter, session, term. While all these words are often used interchangeably to describe the academic...
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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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