StateandLocalGovernment

Reference Shelf 

State and Local Resources on the Net: 

U.S.A.gov provides a listing of states.  Click on any one of the fifty states and you can access the official state Web sites as well as the major legislative and judicial Web sites in each state.  It also has a listing of cities, counties and regional governments on the Internet.  There is a lot of information at this site.

State Rep is a site that offer information about all the people serving in the state legislature in Illinois.  It also lists the bills they are sponsoring and the committees they serve on.  To find out who yourstate represenative is you can go to the Illinois State Board of Elections and find your representatives in Illinois by zip code or address.  

National Council of State Legislatures sponsors this site which contains  information about legislatures at the state level.  From this site you can access state Web sites, state legislatures, and search engines to help you research bills or laws. 

My Virtual Reference Desk
This is an excellent site to find information about newspapers, magazines and other interesting features such as references and research guides on a wide variety of topics 

Cities on the Web is a list of some of the cities that have Web sites.  If you are looking for a way to compare the use of Web sites by cities, here is a good source. 

50 States.Com  provides a variety of important information about each state including:  the state constitutions, state departments, public officials, local governments and a whole list of things about each state you probably don't care to know, such as, official state bird. 

State Courts On-Line includes the State Court Locator and State Court Web Sites.  It also list the courts online by individual states.  This is an excellent source for researching court cases. 
 

Dumblaws.com is an interesting site with goofy laws.  Click on United State Laws and then go to a specific state to find out crazy laws they have on the books in that state and some of the cities in the state.
 

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