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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May 07, 2009

Regional State Recovery Roundtable

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Chief Financial Officer Discussion

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High Road ARRA Implementation

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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

Sustainable Economy

Policy Briefs:	Legislative Briefs:	Reports and Studies:
Utiltiy Rate Decoupling	Green Buildings	Greener Pathways from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy

Shared Prosperity

Policy Briefs:	Legislative Briefs:	Reports and Studies:
State EITC	Alternative UI Base Period	Making Sense of Clusters from Brookings

Healthy Community

Policy Briefs:	Legislative Briefs:	Reports and Studies:
Paid Family and Medical Leave	Health Information Technology	The Pursuit of Safety: Sex Offender Policy in the US from the Vera Institute of Justice

Efficient Democracy

Policy Briefs:	Legislative Briefs:	Reports and Studies:
Simplifying Public Benefits	Absentee Early Voting	Voter Purges from the Brennan Center