STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS
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CURRENT EVENTS
The Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com
GENERAL WEB SITES
Some of these sites and others can be found by clicking on “Web Links” on the Maple Woods Library
home page. Scroll down to “Political Science: Missouri Government.”
City-Data.com http://www.city-data.com
Governing.com http://www.governing.com
Local Governments links http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Local.shtml
National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org
Politics1: States www.politics1.com/states.htm
State Government Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
LOCAL WEB SITES
Mid-America Regional Council http://www.marc.org
Cities
http://www.ci.liberty.mo.us
http://www.gladstone.mo.us
http://www.kcmo.gov
http://parkvillemo.com
Counties
http://www.claycountymo.gov
http://www.co.platte.mo.us
Chambers of Commerce
http://www.kcchamber.com
http://www.northlandchamber.com
Election Boards
http://www.claycoelections.com
http://www.co.platte.mo.us/elections
http://www.kceb.org
School Districts
http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us
http://www.nkcschools.org
http://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us
LAWS & BILL TRACKING
Missouri General Assembly http://www.moga.mo.gov/
SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS
The Almanac of American Politics (Ref. 328.73 AL6)
America Votes (Ref. 324.73 Am3)
The Book of the States (Ref. 353.9 B72)
Congressional Districts in the 2000s (Ref. 328.73 C76cod)
Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections (Ref. 324.273 Sa1e)
The Executive Branch of State Government (Ref. 352.321 Ex31)
Missouri Constitution (Ref. 342.7 M69c)
(on the web: http://s1.sos.mo.gov/Pubs/constitution)
Missouri Revised Statutes (Ref. 345.22 M67 2000, plus supplement)
(on the web: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/statutesAna.html)
Official Manual, State of Missouri (Ref. 353.9 M67)
(on the web: http://s1.sos.mo.gov/bluebook)
Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (Ref. 328.73 D85p)
Politics in America (Ref. 328.73 P75)
State Constitutions of the United States (Ref. 342.02 M26s)
State Fact Finder (Ref. 317.3 C839s)
State of Missouri Code of State Regulations Annotated (Ref. 348.778 M69s)
State Rankings (Ref. 317.3 St2s)
PERIODICALS
The Kansas City Star
Time
Note: Current issues of these are on display in the Circulation area. Ask at the Circulation Desk for
magazine issues from the past 2 years. Older issues of these are on microfilm. Articles from Time
are also available in the online databases.
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