INTERNET RESOURCES FOR COVERING STATE GOVERNMENT
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Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors
http://www.capitolbeat.org/
Membership organization for state and local government reporters.

Center for Public Integrity
http://www.stateprojects.org/
Reports on money in politics, can be sorted by state.

Council of State Governments
http://www.csg.org/
Monthly reports on critical trends, selected news stories updated daily.

Gateway to State and Local Government Info.
http://stateandlocalgateway.rockinst.org/
Finance and revenue data, state profiles, list serv.

GovSpot
http://www.govspot.com/
Links to state, local government sites, news by city and state, issue reports, rankings.

Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/contactmap.html
Clickable map to find state coordinators.

National Association of State Budget Officers
http://www.nasbo.org
Reports on state spending, analysis of health and welfare issues.

National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org
Policy positions, reports on state-federal relations.

National Governors Association
http://www.nga.org
State policy issues, state of the state speech archive.

Public Interest Research Groups
http://www.pirg.org/
Consumer lobby clearinghouse has links to state PIRGs, offers email updates by state.

Rockefeller Institute of Government
http://www.rockinst.org/
Research on role of state and local government, sorted by issue.

Stateline
http://stateline.org/
State news, searchable by state and by issue.

State and Local Government
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
Useful lists of links by state, plus related national associations.