State Legislators Explore Paths to Advance Electric Vehicle Marketplace

By
Sean Slone
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Monday, November 19, 2018 at 10:17 AM

While the public benefits of electric vehicles are becoming increasingly clear, they continue to represent only a small percentage—a little over 1 percent—of new vehicle annual sales in the United States. State legislatures have numerous strategies at their disposal they can deploy to help improve the marketplace for electric vehicles, from helping to expand electric vehicle charging access to encouraging the electrification of public fleets. California and New Hampshire are two states at different stages in their efforts to advance the electric vehicle marketplace. CSG spoke recently with two legislators who have been responsible for enacting related measures in those states.

Leading the Way in the Logistics Economy

By
Sean Slone
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 03:42 PM

Kentucky is a leading state for logistics—the transport of goods from point of origin to point of consumption. With the growth of e-commerce as well as the expansion of Kentucky’s auto industry and other economic sectors, the state has been able to parlay its infrastructure assets and prime location into billions of dollars in investments from some of the biggest players in logistics.

Overseas Voting Initiative Working Group Composition

By
Taylor Lansdale
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Monday, November 12, 2018 at 09:59 AM

The CSG Overseas Voting Initiative Working Group consists of 27 members representing 14 states and nine local election jurisdictions. Combined, these states and local jurisdictions transmitted 50.9 percent of the overall number of blank ballots sent to military and overseas voters by U.S. election jurisdictions.

Walgreens Safe Medication Disposal Program

By
Guest
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Friday, November 9, 2018 at 09:48 AM

According to the Centers for Disease Control, unintentional poisoning is now the leading cause of injury death for all age groups. This includes overdoses of drugs or chemicals and the mistaken over use of drugs or chemicals by toddlers, teens or adults. Unintentional poisoning has surpassed motor vehicle traffic fatalities as the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. every year since 2008.

CSG to Launch Workforce Development Toolkit

By
Sydney Geiger
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Friday, November 9, 2018 at 09:31 AM

During the 2018 National Conference, CSG will release the Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work (SAT/RTW) Toolkit. The U.S. Department of Labor and the Office of Disability Employment Policy’s State Exchange on Employment and Disability collaborated on the toolkit. It was designed to provide states with policy options, best practices and implementation strategies to aid efforts in increasing employment retention and labor force participation of employees who acquire, or are at risk of developing, work disabilities.