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US and State Policy Research

Sources for tracking current developments in politics, policy, bills, laws or court cases for the U.S.federal government and states

News about Congress

National Journal This link opens in a new window
Current news, polls and predictions covering US politics and policy focusing on Congress and the President.

CQ Magazine
Congressional Quarterly is a highly-respected weekly journal on legislation and politics in Congress. Provides considerable analysis, behind-the-scenes information, comparisons of similar bills, and roll call votes. CQ Weekly on the web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. Earlier issues are in the Graduate Library stacks (JK 1 .C12)

News Covering Michigan Politics

MIRS News This link opens in a new window
Provides detailed coverage of every bill in the Michigan Legislature and closely tracks the activities of the executive and judicial branches.

Detroit Free Press Complete
1831 to present

Detroit News Archive (Access World News) This link opens in a new window
A complete archive of all issues of the Detroit News, from the first issue in 1873 to the present (except for gap in coverage in 1996, from 3/16/96-10/15/96).