Policy Idea Video Series

Resource people from think tanks, advocacy groups, and consulting firms discuss a range of policy ideas in this new interview series.

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Welcome to CSI


Welcome the Center for State Innovation website. We’ve developed this site to be a resource to state executives and staff.  Navigate our site and learn more about CSI, to read policy briefs outlining progressive policy options on key state issues, to learn more about CSI events, and for links to reports from other progressive think tanks.  Please contact us if you have any comments and suggestions on content and design.

Featured Brief:

The Broken Health Care System

The Obama Administration has made fixing the healthcare system the domestic priority of his first term, and this reform cannot come a minute too soon. 

Forty-six million Americans currently live without health insurance and 25 million have insurance that does not meet the scope of their health care needs.  This crisis has only intensified in the wake of the ongoing economic crisis. ...more

Spotlight on the States:

More Efficient Healthcare in VA

Governor Timothy M. Kaine  announced a public-private partnership to move toward more comprehensive healthcare management for state employees... more