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ISSUE 1 2021 | CSG CAPITOL IDEAS
The Council of State Governments is the nation’s largest nonpartisan organization serving all three branches of state elected and appointed officials. CSG champions excellence in state governments to advance the common good and brings together state leaders from 56 states and territories to discuss public policy issues of mutual importance and to support interstate partnerships and collaborative relationships.
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CSG founded by Toll.
Henry Wolcott Toll, a Colorado state senator, created the American Legislators' Association
1925
1933
The organization executes this mission through four major platforms — its national office, its four regional offices, the CSG Justice Center and its affiliated organizations — in order to offer unparalleled national, regional and policy-specific opportunities for officials to network, collaborate, problem-solve and form life-long partnerships. CSG is an extension of your staff and is here to work for you.
Illinois state Sen. T.V. Smith III becomes first CSG national chair.
Washington, D.C., office opened.
The Book of the States first published.
Eastern Regional Conference, or ERC, established.
1935
1937
CSG Suggested State Legislation (now Shared State Legislation) program launched.
1938
State Government News (now CSG Capitol Ideas) first published.
Midwestern Legislative Conference, or MLC, established.
1940
New CSG Headquarters building in Lexington, Kentucky, dedicated.
Southern Legislative Conference, or SLC, and CSG West established.
1945
1947
1958
1969
