LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 23 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * CSG Under the Dome programming held for Indiana and Minnesota legislators in early 2025 As part of its work on behalf of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, CSG Midwest regularly delivers customized, in-state training to legislators and legislative staff in their capitols. The two most recent events: a session and roundtable discussion in March at the Indiana Statehouse on energy and advanced  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 23 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Many graduates of CSG's BILLD program hold top legislative leadership posts in 2025 One indicator of the success and far-reaching impact of CSG Midwest's Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development: the number of graduates who go on to serve in top leadership posts in their respective states. Four BILLD alumni are new to that list in 2025, serving in the highest-ranking leadership p  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 23 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Population is growing modestly in the Midwest, thanks mostly to international migration Populations grew in each of the Midwest's 11 states between 2023 and 2024, with the steepest increases occurring in North Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. However, no state in the region matched overall U.S. growth, which, at 0.98 percent, marked the largest annual rise in the population since 2001. The South  more