State-Level Resources
- National Conference of State Legislatures - Research section - "[C]onducts policy research in a variety of areas...[and] NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures."
- Subject Compilations of State Laws - "[T]he most comprehensive source for identifying thousands of articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects."
- National Survey of State LawsFull text database comparing state law and statutes divided into eight legal categories: business and consumer, criminal, education, employment, family, general civil, real estate, and tax. Help documentation available here.
Illinois
- Capitol FaxRich Miller publication that focuses on Illinois politics
- Chicago Sun-Times: Springfield politicsChicago Sun-Times blog that focuses on Illinois politics
- First ReadingWritten by the Illinois General Assembly's Legislative Research Unit, this publication "[i]s a newsletter for Illinois legislators. It includes articles alerting legislators to issues of interest to them as well as biographies of newly elected legislators after each election and summaries of important bills from each session. It also contains abstracts of reports filed with the General Assembly."
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