• Explore poverty data on suburban areas. (Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, 2014)
• Consider the overall decline in crime rates and imprisonment. (Pew Charitable Trusts, March 14, 2014)
• Read about the Trade Promotion Authority and whether Congress might renew the authority. (Congressional Research Service, January 13, 2014)
• Examine conditions and performance of the federal highway system. (Federal Highway Administration, January 31, 2014)

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• Read about the narrowing pay gap between men and women. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2014)
• Examine recent findings on intimate partner violence. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, February 2014)
• Find maps of all kinds in one place. (Google Maps Gallery, 2014)
• Explore traffic congestion around the world and see where Texas cities rank. (INRIX, accessed March 12, 2014)
• Consider the financial effects of opting out of the Medicaid expansion. (Health Affairs Blog, January 30, 2014)

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• Explore tables and reports on educational attainment in the U.S. (U.S. Census Bureau, accessed March 5, 2014)
• Examine statistics on crime against persons with disabilities. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, February 2014)
• See election night returns by county for the Republican Party and Democratic Party primary elections. (Texas Secretary of State, accessed March 5, 2014)
• Consider the effect of a widely-used weed killer on monarch butterflies. (National Resources Defense Council, February 24, 2014)

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• Examine the air quality standards for ozone. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, February 2014)
• Consider the effects of a minimum wage increase. (Congressional Budget Office, February 2014)
• Review recent state laws on prescription drug identification. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed February 2014)
• Read about the steep decline in the obesity rate in young children over the last decade. (The New York Times, February 25, 2014)

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• Read about rail transport of crude oil. (Congressional Research Service, February 6, 2014)
• Check out a state-by-state overview of the tech trade. (TechAmerica Foundation, 2014)
• Consider debit and prepaid cards offered to students by colleges. (U.S. Government Accountability Office, February 2014)
• Explore state and county health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey. (State Health Access Data Assistance Center, 2014)
• Examine the School Breakfast Program and its impact on low-income children. (Food Research and Action Center, January 2014)

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• Examine U.S.–Mexico relations. (Congressional Research Service, January 30, 2014)
• Consider the effect of child passenger restraint laws on child passenger fatalities and whether children are buckled up. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 2014)
• See how a college degree affects earnings over a lifetime. (Pew Research Center, February 11, 2014)
• Track the increasing number of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. (U.S. Geological Survey, January 17, 2014)

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• Track state funding of prekindergarten. (Education Commission of the States, January 2014)
• Consider the benefits to consumers of improved fuel economy in medium and heavy duty trucks. (Consumer Federation of America, February 2014)
• Read about the incidence of abortions in 2011 and the availability of abortion services. (Guttmacher Institute, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, March 2014)
• Survey exonerations in 2013 state by state. (National Registry of Exonerations, February 4, 2014)
• Explore scorecards of household financial security in the states, including Texas. (Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), 2014)
• Examine antibiotic feed additives in chicken. (Natural Resources Defense Council, January 27, 2014)

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• Consider improvements to election administration. (Presidential Commission on Election Administration, January 2014)
• Explore intergenerational economic mobility in the U.S. (National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2014)
• Examine the U.S. sulfur dioxide allowance market. (Congressional Budget Office, January 2014)
• Read how local governments in Texas are using education and outreach strategies to help the uninsured find health coverage. (Kaiser Health News / Texas Tribune, January 27, 2014)

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• Track changes to Medicaid and CHIP eligibility. (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 13, 2014)
• Read about patients discussing alcohol use with their health care providers. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 10, 2014)
• Examine the risks of distracted driving. (The New England Journal of Medicine, January 2, 2014)
• See the state-by-state emergency care report card. (American College of Emergency Physicians, 2014)
• Review results of a survey about uninsured adults' Affordable Care Act enrollment experiences. (Enroll America / PerryUndem, January 9, 2014)

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• Trace the history of the official poverty measure. (U.S. Census Bureau, accessed January 2014)
• See which popular diets are the best for various health conditions. (U.S. News & World Report, 2014)
• Explore the recently updated Occupational Outlook Handbook. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 8, 2014)
• Examine prison admissions and releases in 2012. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2013)

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