Next-Generation Tech, Real-World Impacts: Governing Data Centers and Preparing for Quantum
State legislators are accustomed to governing problems that are already visible. Quantum computing presents a different kind of…
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Building & Financing in a High-Interest-Rate, Low-Inventory Environment with Rising Development Costs: Day 1
Every Western state is grappling with the same challenge: population growth and the need for additional housing continue…
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Building & Financing in a High-Interest-Rate, Low-Inventory Environment with Rising Development Costs: Day 2
Despite signs that home prices are moderating in parts of the West, the region's housing shortage remains severe.…
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Powering the West – Meeting the Moment and Scale of the Region’s Energy Needs Through Natural Gas and Transmission Lines
As global energy demand accelerates, Western states are navigating a fast-moving convergence of supply constraints, aging infrastructure, and…
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Following the Money: Legislative Oversight of Rural Health Transformation Funding
The challenges impacting rural health care in the West are not abstract. As legislators described during the session,…
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The U.S.-Canada Security Relationship Amid Geopolitical Stressors
The CSG West Westrends Board examined the state of the U.S.-Canada security relationship at a moment of unusual…
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State Economic Outlook: Trends, Risks and Fiscal Realities
The 79th CSG West Annual Meeting included a Chair’s Forum, facilitated by Utah Representative Paul Cutler, aimed at…
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Safe at Home: Strategies to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Child welfare touches the work of every state legislature through its budgets, courts, schools and, most importantly, the…
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