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LexisNexis Academic CU
Provides access to state codes and regulations. Click on the US Legal tab on the left to access State Statutes, Codes, & Regulations. You can search a specific state's administrative code, statutory code, or constitution.

National Governors Association
Provides a number of online publications on topics such as education, economic stimulus, and Medicare. In addition, it provides policy positions on federal initiatives and legislation.

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Website Links and Telephone Numbers
Compiled by the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.

State Profiles from the NASCIO (National Association of State Chief Information Officers) Provides links to the web sites of all fifty states by department or function.

Western Governors' Association
Established in 1984, the Western Governors' Association is an independent, non-partisan organization of governors from 18 western states, two Pacific-flag territories and one commonwealth.

LexisNexis Academic CU
Provides access to case law from state appellate and high courts. Click on the US Legal tab on the left to access Federal & State Cases. You can search for a case by legal citation, party name, topic, date, judge, or attorney.

Hein Online: Session Laws CU
HeinOnline’s Digital Session Laws Library contains exact
replications of the official bound session laws of all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands. Updated monthly, this is an ever expanding collection and is
the only complete online source of all 50 states from inception to date. The
session laws for all states are current within 60 days of the printed publication.
Hein Online: Subject Compilations of State Laws CU
Search or browse for state laws by subject, or browse the State Law Index of state laws enacted during 1960-present.

LexisNexis Academic CU
Provides access to state statutes and case law from state appellate and high courts. Click on the US Legal tab on the left to access State Statutes, Codes, & Regulations. You can search a specific state's administrative code, statutory code, or constitution.

National Conference of State Legislatures
Provides information on recent elections nationwide, composition of House and Senate by state, legislative control of both houses by state, and surveys of various issues by state including term limits, adolescent health, education, energy and fiscal policy.

State Legislative History Research Guides on the Web
From Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Website Links and Telephone Numbers
Compiled by the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.

American Factfinder
Information on economic and demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Local Level Crime Trends
Allows users to create customized tables for state and local jurisdictions using one or more variable. Data go back to 1985. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Crime in the United States
This annual publication contains volume and rate of crime offenses for the U.S., state, and individual agencies. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Hot Topics

Hein Online: Subject Compilation of State Laws CU allows you to browse for state legal resources related to a vast number of topics. Citations may or may not link to full text. Statewide resources for specific topics are listed below.

Business Filings

Research Roundup: Business Filings Databases
Annotated links to business filings by state.
Capital Punishment

Amnesty International: Death Penalty in States
Clickable map with links to the related statutes.

Drinking Laws

State Profiles of Underage Drinking Laws
Provides state-by-state summaries of laws and regulations related to underage drinking and access to alcohol. From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Driver's Licenses

State Departments of Transportation
Links to the transportation departments for all states. From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Elections

StateVote Election Results
Provides party composition by state, a ballot measure database, and ballot measure results. From National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

Almanac of American Politics
Provides demographic information on each district, including income, racial distribution, and other statistics; profiles of legislators, voting record, advocacy group ratings, and other information.
Council of State Governments
Contains many useful resources, including a directory of state government officials, recent state election results, the text of model state legislation, a legislative discussion forum, issue updates, the text of "State of the State" addresses, and links to state government Internet sites.

Governing Magazine links to local and state governments
The state governments page contains links to national associations such as the National Association of State Treasurers.
State and Local Government on the Net (formerly Piper)

State Law
Provides links to all states' courts, law libraries, constitutions, government departments, and law schools. From the Social Law Library in Massachusetts.

Stateline.org
Includes statistical data and current news on state government.

State Profiles from the NASCIO (National Association of State Chief Information Officers) Provides links to the web sites of all fifty states by department or function.

State Resource Center (LexisNexis)
Provides links to state, county, court, boards and commissions, libraries, census data, and other information by state.