State and Local Government Information
Help on seeking government information at the state, county and city level.
North American City Reports
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North American City ReportsDocuments collection includes reports from over 600 North American city and urban agencies. Includes some regional documents also. Full-text reports on issues such as immigration, climate change and sustainability, transportation and urban planning. Includes budgets, case studies, planning documents.
Archive is not complete as of January 2023, but is growing quickly, adding about 20,000 new reports per year. Based on the Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD). Part of the Global Think Tanks collection of Policy Commons.
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Overton.ioDatabase containing policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications, and working papers.
City Websites
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Local Government WebsitesDirectory of local government websites from USA.gov
Municipal Ordinances
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Michigan Municipal Codes in Nexis UniList of ordinances and codes from cities in Michigan from Nexis Uni
To search across Municipal Codes in Nexis Uni
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Select Legal, then Statutes and Legislation, and then Municipal Codes

Ann Arbor
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City MapsUniversity of Texas library list of links to selected U.S. and international city maps.
Data on City Governments
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Census of GovernmentsData about how US state and local governments are organized, how many people they employ and payroll amounts, and the finances of governments
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The Municipal Year BookData and articles on local government including salaries and expenditures
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County and City Data Book1949 - 2007 in print and selected issues online. Census data on age, agriculture, births, business establishments, climate, construction, crime, deaths, earnings, education, elections, employment, finance, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force, manufactures, population, poverty, race and Hispanic origin, social services, and water use
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2025 6:42 PM
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