• Find state-by-state information on government finance, policies, and programs in the Book of the States 2012. (Council of State Governments, July 19, 2012)
• Explore the participation rates and characteristics of people who received benefits from government assistance programs. (U.S. Census Bureau, July 2012)
• Map where those who lack health insurance live. (The Atlantic, Cities, June 28, 2012)
• See which states have taken action toward creating health insurance exchanges. (Kaiser Family Foundation, July 17, 2012)
• Try the air quality mobile phone app. (American Lung Association, 2012)
• Examine how physicians are progressing in the adoption of electronic health records. (National Center for Health Statistics, July 2012)
• Read about the "right to read" lawsuit aimed at public education, involving Michigan's Highland Park school district. (The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2012)

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• Examine state fiscal challenges for six states, including Texas. (State Budget Crisis Task Force, July 2012)
• Explore a decade of state credit ratings from Standard & Poor's. (Pew Center on the States, July 13, 2012)
• Consider state-level economic insecurity. (Economic Security Index, June 2012)
• Read about how labor is changing in the current economy. (The Atlantic, July 9, 2012)
• Note that student debt is still growing. (The Washington Post, July 18, 2012)
• Track key developments in the criminal justice system. (The Sentencing Project, July 4, 2012)

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• Be prepared for coastal flooding during the hurricane season. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed July 2012)
• Find a recent overview of the major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Congressional Research Service, July 3, 2012)
• Review a brief guide to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2012)
• Read about foreign-born health care workers in the U.S. (Migration Policy Institute, June 2012)
• Map where the foreign-born population resides. (CQ Roll Call, July 2, 2012)

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• See how rolling blackouts work. (NPR, June 27, 2012)
• Explore post-conviction DNA analyses and wrongful conviction data. (Urban Institute, June 2012)
• Read descriptions of the Hispanic population's ten largest origin groups. (Pew Hispanic Center, June 27, 2012)
• Find tobacco industry documents from the late nineteenth century through the present. (Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, University of California, San Francisco, accessed July 2012)

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• Consider issues related to unauthorized immigrant students. (Congressional Research Service, June 19, 2012)
• Take a closer look at the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Arizona immigration law. (The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2012)
• Compare changes between 1998 and 2011 in employee health care plans for state and local government employees. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2012)
• Delve into the Annual Energy Outlook 2012. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, June 25, 2012)
• See how much it will cost to raise a child born in 2011. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 14, 2012)

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• See how states have responded to inadequately funded state employee pensions. (Pew Center on the States, June 2012)
• Consider drought conditions and the policy challenges they present. (Congressional Research Service, June 12, 2012)
• Track disasters and emergencies in real time. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012)
• Map where farmers are in the U.S. (Slate, June 19, 2012)
• Explore the rebounding housing market. (Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, June 14, 2012)
• See where senior citizens are moving. (The Atlantic, Cities, June 18, 2012)

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• Check out maximum posted speed limits state by state. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, June 2012)
• Track motorcycle fatalities over the last decade. (Freakonomics, May 29, 2012)
• Explore family caregiving responsibilities of older workers. (The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, May 2012)
• See just how big the fast food soda has become over the last 60 years. (The Washington Post, May 24, 2012)

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• See how young high school and college graduates are faring in the current labor market. (Economic Policy Institute, May 3, 2012)
• Explore federal youth employment and job training programs. (Congressional Research Service, May 11, 2012)
• Read estimates about young adults' health care access and use. (National Center for Health Statistics, May 2012)
• Examine how proposed fuel economy standards would affect cash flows of the Highway Trust Fund. (Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2012)
• Consider the pitfalls of predatory credit card lending. (Center for Responsible Lending, May 8, 2012)
• Find articles, graphics, and videos on Louisiana prisons in a multi-part series. (The Times-Picayune, May 2012)
• Track legislative changes made in 2012 to reduce incarcerated populations. (American Civil Liberties Union, June 4, 2012)

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• Explore the condition of education. (National Center for Education Statistics, May 24, 2012)
• Read about which programs are successful in preventing obesity. (Institute of Medicine, May 8, 2012)
• Consider the detrimental health effects of noise pollution. (The Atlantic, Cities, May 15, 2012)
• See how women's well-being ranks in America's 25 most populous metropolitan areas. (Measure of America, May 2012)
• Examine rising energy prices and food prices. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2012)

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• Explore how the recent recession has struck people's mortgages and other debts and financial resources. (Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, May 2012)
• Review the fiscal impact of the 2011 drought in Texas. (Legislative Budget Board, May 10, 2012)
• Track recent demographic changes in the youngest of America's children. (U.S. Census Bureau, May 17, 2012)
• See which of the country's rivers are most endangered. (American Rivers, 2012)
• See how much health care costs have risen for families in 2012. (Milliman Research Report, May 2012)
• Get an update on the Keystone XL Pipeline project. (Congressional Research Service, May 9, 2012)

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