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State Public Policy Resources
- Book of the States
- StateNet (formerly LexisNexis State Capital)
Excellent resource that holds information on state bills and statutes. Please contact the Political Science Librarian for a username and password.
- Stateline.org
Excellent site that collects and archives articles and reports about different issues of state politics. Has a searchable archive and allows you to search by state, keyword, issue, etc. The only downside is that the site links to several articles from sources which require (free registration).
- National Governors Association
Extensive list and full-text of policies and reports on federal-state relations, economic development, human and natural resources.
- City and County Data Book (University of Virginia)
The 1988, 1994, and 2000 electronic editions are available here. These data books contain a substantial amount of information on a variety of state-level socio-economic and demographic indicators. Print copies available in Reference.
- Gateway to State and Local Information (from the Rockefeller Institute of Government)
News, data, and analysis on the finances and unemployment of state and local governments. A number of downloadable excel files are available.
- State and Local Government Information (Library of Congress)
Large portal of links to various state government agencies and legislative bodies.
- Council of State Governments
Coordinating group that analyzes and investigates state issues and policies and publisher of the Book of the States.
- Urban Institute