A Social Work Research Guide

"Use this search to access the Information Gateway State Statutes Series and statutes from individual States and Territories on issues related to a variety of child welfare topics." https://www.childwelfare.gov/resources/states-territories-tribes/state-statutes

https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/

"CSG is a region-based forum that fosters the exchange of insights and ideas to help state officials shape public policy." https://www.csg.org/

Search for federal or state bills for the past few congresses. Can set up bill or topic tracking for current congress. https://fastdemocracy.com/

Selected bills back to 1885. https://lrl.texas.gov/legis/billSearch/index.cfm

https://www.sos.mo.gov/bluebook

https://www.mo.gov/

Bill tracking section for both Missouri House and Senate bills. https://house.mo.gov/LegislationSP.aspx

Governor's actions on Missouri bills passed and sent to the governor. https://governor.mo.gov/actions/legislative-actions

Missouri House and Missouri Senate districts. https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/s_default/maps

https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/default

https://mec.mo.gov/MEC/Lobbying/Searches.aspx

Word search is at the top, followed by Chapters by title, followed by Chapters alphabetically. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/Home.aspx

Floor debates and committee hearings 2015+. https://house.mo.gov/MediaCenter.aspx?selected=DebateArchive

Senate's audio archive of live proceedings 2009+. https://senate.mo.gov/Media/AudioArchive

Policy and analysis from the perspective of the county. https://www.naco.org/

Policy and analysis to guide state legislative personnel. Research tab is very helpful and includes the Bill Tracking summaries database. https://www.ncsl.org/

Policy and analysis to guide state governors. https://www.nga.org/

Policy and analysis to guide municipal governments. https://www.nlc.org/

Discover politics in your state: Find your legislators, Review their votes, Search upcoming legislation, Track bill progress. Search across the states or select a specific state. Open States is a project of the Sunlight Foundation. https://openstates.org/

https://www.stlouisco.com/

More details on state finances. Local is aggregated for the entire state. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances.html

Links to state websites, statutes, and more. https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/index.html

From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC [LLSDC]. https://www.llsdc.org/state-legislation

Statistics related to metropolitan areas, cities, and suburbs. Includes demographics, economics, crime, buildings, employment, business, and government finances. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/socds.html/socds.html

NCSL’s Statewide Ballot Measures Database includes all statewide ballot measures in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, starting over a century ago. New measures are added as they are certified and identified by NCSL staff. Results are updated soon after election night; each entry is then updated with “pass” or “fail.” https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/ballot-measures-database.aspx

Policy and analysis to guide mayors. https://www.usmayors.org/