State and Local Government: Think Tanks and Non-Profits

Click on Research for a list of broad topics. There are numerous reports, documents and news stories and even comparative tables addressing each state.

Click on topic areas at the top of the page to get access to research and other information produced by CSG.

The NGA Center for Best Practices is comprises of five divisions focusing on broad policy areas: 1. Education, 2. Environment and Natural Resources, 3. Heath, 4. Homeland Security and Technology, and 5. Social, Economic and Workforce Programs. Click on divisions to find relevant content.

Part of the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Center on the States provides policy research for issues of importance to the states. Fantastic research content on states and state government.

Stateline is a nonprofit news source about policy in state government. Stateline is a product of the Pew Center on the States.

Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

A magazine focused on state and local government issues. The online archive is searchable on the web site and goes back at least 20 years.

Published by the National Council of State Legislatures, this magazine reports on legislation in state governments. This link is for more recent years. Ebsco Mega File has online access going back over 10 years and other databases go back further.