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Reports and Newsletters

CSG Midwest periodically publishes special reports that provide expanded coverage of key issues impacting the states. In addition, several of our committees and other groups issue newsletters to keep interested parties apprised of developments across the region and within CSG Midwest.

CSG Midwest Reports

Responding Regionally: The Role of Passenger Rail in Midwestern Emergency Planning
(2006) - a report of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact

Budget Crunch: Fiscal Conditions in the Midwestern States (2003)

Agricultural Terrorism in the Midwest: Risks, Threats and State Responses (2002)

Election Reform Recommendations: Final Report of the MLC Elections Task Force (2002)

Signs of the Times: Midwestern Demographic Trends and Their Implications for Public Policy (2002)

Policy Objectives and Recommendations on the 2002 Farm Bill (Adopted by the Midwestern Governors' Conference, 2001)

Addressing the Skills Shortage: A Report from the Midwestern Workforce Development Policy Forum (2001)

Eight for the States: Top Issues for the 2001 Legislative Sessions (2001)

At-Risk in the Midwest: State Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Young Children (1999)

Vital Signs: Demographic Trends in the Midwest on the Eve of a New Century (1999. [Sorry, not available online. Contact us at 630/925-1922 or csgm@csg.org for a copy.]

In Search of Growth: Business Incentives in the Midwest (1998)

To Buy or Not to Buy: Long-Term Care Insurance in the Midwest (1998)

CSG Midwest Newsletters

BILLD Alumni Newsletter (A publication of the MLC's Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development)

Great Lakes News for Legislators (A publication of the Great Lakes Legislative Caucus)

December 2006 (inaugural issue)

Ag Clips: A weekly e-newsletter of news on agriculture and rural issues – a free service of the regional offices of The Council of State Governments. Available online at http://www.agandruralleaders.org/agclips.htm

For more information, contact:
Tim Anderson


last updated: April 11, 2008


The Council of State Governments  Midwestern Office
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Tel: 630/925-1922 ● Fax: 630/925-1930 ● E-mail: csgm@csg.org