• Check out a national map of the status of kindergarten in each state. (Children's Defense Fund, February 1, 2013)
• Examine the waiver of certain federal work participation standards under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. (Congressional Research Service, March 7, 2013)
• Explore passenger rail development and improvement. (Brookings, March 2013)
• Track traffic death rates across the states. (Stateline, March 12, 2013)

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• Check out an infographic on the American public's priorities for health care in 2013. (Kaiser Family Foundation / Journal of the American Medical Association, February 27, 2013)
• Find Spanish-language resources on heart health. (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, February 20, 2013)
• See a state-by-state chart of pending and adopted state legislation related to guns. (Council of State Governments, February 25, 2013)
• Examine the state of food hardship in 2012. (Food Research and Action Center, February 2013)
• Consider the problem of widespread seafood fraud. (Oceana, February 21, 2013)

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• See how a bill becomes a law in Texas. (House Research Organization, February 20, 2013)
• Examine payday lending and the effects on borrowers. (Pew Charitable Trusts, February 2013)
• Search for state legislation. (Sunlight Foundation, 2013)
• Explore what triggers sequestration and what the effects will be. (Congressional Research Service, January 10, 2013)
• Track state-by-state implications of sequestration. (The White House, February 22, 2013)
• Consider the "crash tax" going into effect in one Texas town. (Texas Monthly, February 22, 2013)

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• See how the adult children of immigrants are doing. (Pew Research, February 7, 2013)
• Explore growth in spending on federal means-tested programs and tax credits. (Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2013)
• Examine state-by-state data on small businesses. (U.S. Small Business Administration, February 2013)
• Check out the STAAR end-of-course exam results by school district. (The Texas Tribune, February 14, 2013)

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• Check out the latest Urban Mobility Report, with a new measure of travel reliability, the Planning Time Index. (Texas A&M Transportation Institute, February 5, 2013)
• Track state efforts to combat Medicaid fraud and waste. (MacArthur Foundation, February 6, 2013)
• Explore Medicaid spending and enrollment. (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2013)
• Examine state performance in election administration. (Pew Charitable Trusts, February 5, 2013)

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• Examine a 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment data. (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2013)
• See how Americans value postsecondary educational attainment. (Lumina Foundation, February 5, 2013)
• Consider how the environment affects children's health. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, January 2013)
• Map economic data down to the neighborhood level. (Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks, 2013)
• Explore America's economy via mobile app. (U.S. Census Bureau, accessed February 6, 2013)

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• Check out the State of the States 2013. (Pew Center on the States, January 2013)
• Consider proposed state legislation related to employer access to social media usernames and passwords. (National Conference of State Legislatures, January 21, 2013)
• Explore tobacco control. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 24, 2013)
• Read about REAL ID phased-in compliance by the fall of 2013. (National Conference of State Legislatures, December 21, 2012)

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• See state-by-state employment changes over the past year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 22, 2013)
• Consider the current retirement age and how it came to be 65. (Origins, February 2013)
• Check out a chart of the 113th Congress. (Businessweek, January 10, 2013)
• Follow the latest developments in public health law. (CDC Public Health Law News, January 17, 2013)

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• Explore the most recent economic outlook data for Texas. (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, January 4, 2013)
• Examine education statistics and projections through 2021. (National Center for Education Statistics, January 2013)
• Read about balancing cost and quality in the health care system. (The Commonwealth Fund, January 10, 2013)
• See how many people rely on health information they find on the Internet. (Pew Research Center, January 15, 2013)
• Track transportation funding information in Texas. (Texas A&M Transportation Institute / Texas Department of Transportation, accessed January 2013)
• Examine gun violence in urban areas. (The Atlantic, Cities, January 10, 2013)

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• Follow a step-by-step guide of health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act. (Journal of the American Medical Association, December 26, 2012)
• Read about surface transportation funding. (Congressional Research Service, December 26, 2012)
• Examine a state-by-state map and a chart of laws addressing mental health professionals' duty to protect or warn. (National Conference of State Legislatures, December 2012)
• Consider statistics related to cancer death rates and cancer incidence rates. (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, January 7, 2013)

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