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The Government Domain: State Governmental Fundamentals by Peggy Garvin
This column usually focuses on U.S. federal government web resources. For a change, we'd like to turn the spotlight to the states with a guide to some of the most useful, free web reference sources covering the governments of the fifty states. These resources are not specific to a single state, but rather provide nationwide coverage of state information. They can help you find state personnel, news, legislation, laws, regulations, policy updates, and statistics. The following list highlights helpful information available from many websites, but it is by no means comprehensive.