• Examine current levels of state and local government debt in Texas. (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, September 2012)
• View projected state tax growth for fiscal year 2013. (National Conference of State Legislatures, September 25, 2012)
• Read about the 2012 long-term projections for the Social Security program's revenues and outlays. (Congressional Budget Office, October 2012)
• Consider how SAT performance gauges college and career readiness of high school seniors graduating in 2012. (College Board, September 24, 2012)
• Explore state laws and regulations related to the collateral consequences of conviction. (American Bar Association, 2012)
• Try a new data tool for searching information on employment, demographics, occupations, and more. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed October 2012)

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• Explore how the obesity epidemic will affect America's future. (Trust for America's Health, September 2012)
• Read about the Affordable Care Act penalty tax for being uninsured. (Congressional Budget Office, September 2012)
• Try the new Congress.gov, a source for United States legislative information. (Library of Congress / United States Copyright Office, launched September 19, 2012)
• Review the 2011 numbers for poverty in the United States. (Congressional Research Service, September 13, 2012)

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• Examine driver's license renewal provisions for older drivers state by state. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, September 2012)
• Read about the economic effects of the Great Recession on American workers. (Economic Policy Institute, September 2012)
• Find information, statistics, and maps on drought throughout the United States. (National Integrated Drought Information System, September 2012)
• Track voter turnout statistics from previous elections. (United States Elections Project, accessed September 2012)
• Consider the effects of opening federal lands to oil and gas leasing. (Congressional Budget Office, August 2012)

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• Explore recent figures on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. (U.S. Census Bureau, September 12, 2012)
• Examine worker displacement. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 24, 2012)
• Consider the steadily increasing Hispanic student college enrollment. (Pew Hispanic Center, August 20, 2012)
• Track diabetes down to the county level. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012)

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• Examine racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in post-secondary educational participation and attainment. (National Center for Education Statistics, August 2012)
• Read about metropolitan labor markets. (Brookings, August 29, 2012)
• Consider the shrinking middle class. (Pew Research Center, August 22, 2012)
• Take a look at requirements for replacement windows' energy savings claims. (Federal Trade Commission, August 29, 2012)
• Find out how much food is wasted throughout its journey from farm to table. (National Resources Defense Council, August 2012)
• Explore data from cities all over the country in one place. (Cities.Data.Gov, 2012)

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• Consider whether retaining elementary students in the same grade for another year for remedial purposes is helpful to the students. (Center on Children and Families at Brookings, August 2012)
• Review a study about the effects of school vouchers on college enrollment. (The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings / Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance, August 2012)
• Explore how new models for offering online college courses are changing college education. (Smithsonian.com, August 27, 2012)
• Pinpoint metro areas where college students live. (The Atlantic, Cities, August 27, 2012)
• Check out a graphic on Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (The Journal of the American Medical Association, August 22/29, 2012)
• Read about health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Congressional Research Service, August 15, 2012)

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• Explore comparative performance measurement data from all 50 states. (Council of State Governments, August 2012)
• Read about the most recent developments in gun control legislation. (Congressional Research Service, August 3, 2012)
• Examine recent data related to the lives of older Americans. (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, August 16, 2012)
• Find out how much college costs, by state and by college. (CNNMoney, 2012)

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• Read about how diversity on campus affects the experiences of minority college students. (Education Week, August 14, 2012)
• Consider how state laws about food in schools can affect students' weights. (HealthDay, August 13, 2012)
• See how obesity has been on the rise for decades. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 13, 2012)
• Explore the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. (U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 13, 2012)

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• Consider local infrastructure spending. (The Washington Post, July 16, 2012)
• Examine current oil and gas reserves. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 2012)
• See where the money goes for low-income, middle-class, and wealthy households. (National Public Radio, August 1, 2012)
• Explore the effects of suspending and expelling children from the classroom. (Center for Civil Rights Remedies, August 2012)
• Read about California's SB1476, which would allow a child to have more than two legal parents in certain circumstances. (California Legislative Information, accessed August 8, 2012 / The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2012)
• Review recently released juvenile court statistics. (National Center for juvenile Justice, May 2012)

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• Read about implementation of school wellness policies. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 28, 2012)
• Explore the taxation of Internet sales. (Congressional Research Service, July 26, 2012)
• See a list of state sales tax holidays for 2012. (Federation of Tax Administrators, July 9, 2012)
• Consider economic mobility across generations. (Pew Center on the States, July 9, 2012)

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