Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions

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careers, casinos, Catholicism, caucuses, censuses, chairs, charges, charter schools, checks and balances, Chicago, chief executives, child care, Christian right, churches, circuit courts of appeal, cities, citizens, citizenship, city government, civil defense, civil law, civil liberties, civil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, civil rights legislation, civil rights movement, civil service, civil society, civil union, civil unions, civil war, classification, Clean Air Act, coalitions, coding, colleges, colonies, Colorado, commerce clause, commissioning, commitment, committees, common good, common law, commonwealths, community colleges, community service, compliance, conference committees, conflict, Connecticut, consensus, consent, conservatism, constituencies, constitutional amendments, constitutional convention, constitutional courts, constitutional issues, constitutional law, constitutional provisions, constitutionalism, construction, contracts, cooperation, coordination, corporate income tax, corporation, corrections, corruption, councils of governments, counties, county courts, Court of Common Pleas, court of limited jurisdiction, court personnel, courts, courts of law, credit, crime, criminal justice, criminals, cruel and unusual punishment, culture and politics, culture wars, curriculum, cycles, dating, death, debates, debt, decentralization, decision making, Delaware, delegation, democracy, Democratic Party, demographics, demography, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, departments, desire, devolution, diffusion, direct democracy, disadvantage, disagreement, disaster relief, disasters, disclosure, discrimination, distribution, district attorney, District of Columbia, district schools, districting, divided government, dominance, drafting, drug courts, due process, duties, duty, early voting, economic development, economic growth, economic issues, economics, economies, economy, education funding, education policy, education spending, educational reform, educational systems, efficiency, election boards, election judges, elections, electoral college, electoral systems, elementary secondary education, elites, emergencies, emergency preparedness, eminent domain, employee compensation, employers, employment, encyclopedia, energy, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, equal protection, equal protection of the law, equality, equity, ethics, ethnic groups, evolution, exception, executive (government), executive agencies, executive branch, executive function, executive government, executive orders, executive power, expenditure, expertise, faction, family courts, farming, fear, federal government, federal laws, federal regulation, federal taxes, federalism, fees, fees and charges, finance, finances, financing, fines, fire protection, firms, First Amendment, fiscal federalism, fiscal policy, Florida, foundations, Fourteenth Amendment, freedom, funding, funding of schools, gambles, gambling, games, gaming, gay rights, general elections, general public, geography, Georgia, gerrymandering, governance, governing board, government, government agencies, government and politics, government employees, government funding, government organizations, government regulation, government revenue, government role, government spending, governor, Great Depression, group influence, head, health, health and social care, health care, health insurance, health planning, health services, hearing, Help America Vote Act, high school, higher education, highways, Hispanics, homeland security, hospitals, House of Representatives, housing, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, Idaho, identification, identity, ideologies, ideology, Illinois, immigrants, immigration, impeachment, incentives, income, income tax, incumbent, independence, Indian Americans, Indiana, individual rights, individualism, industry, information sources, infrastructure, initiative and referendum, innovation, institutions, insurance, interest groups, interest groups and lobbies, intergovernmental relations, intergovernmentalism, interstate commerce, interstate compacts, investment, Iowa, islands, John Kerry, joint committees, judges and magistrates, judicial activism, judicial elections, judicial independence, judicial review, judicial selection, judicial systems, judiciary, juries, jurisdiction, justice, justices of the peace, juvenile courts, juvenile delinquency, K-12 education, Kansas, Kentucky, labor, labor unions, lakes, land, land use, language, law, law and courts, law and regulation, law and the state, law courts, law enforcement, law enforcement agencies, lawsuits, lawyers, leadership (political), legacy, legal systems, legislation, legislative leader, legislative power, legislative veto, legislature, LGBT marriage, liberalism, libertarianism, licenses, licensing, limited government, line-item veto, lobbying, lobbyists, local authorities, local communities, local control, local governance, local government, local issues, local offices, local politics, local state, locality, Los Angeles, loss, lotteries, lottery, Louisiana, lower chamber, loyalty, machine politics, magistrates, magistrates courts, Maine, maintenance, majority leader, management, managers, mandate, manufacturing, marriage, Maryland, mass media, Massachusetts, mechanisms, Medicaid, members committees, mental health courts, metropolitan areas, Michigan, midterm elections, minimum wage, Minnesota, minority groups, minority leader, minority representation, misdemeanors, Mississippi, Missouri, money, Montana, Mormonism, mountains, movement, movements, municipal courts, municipal government, municipalities, nation, nation and state, nation states, national governments, Native Americans, natural disasters, natural gas, natural resources, Nebraska, negotiating, negotiation, neighborhoods, neighbors, Nevada, new deal, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Orleans, New York, New York City, No Child Left Behind, nonpartisan election, nonprofit organizations, North Carolina, North Dakota, observer, offenders, Office of Management and Budget, offices, Ohio, oil, Oklahoma, operations management, opinions, opposition, Oregon, organizations, original jurisdiction, outcomes, oversight, parenting, parents, parole, partisanship, party identification, party organization, patronage, pay, payment, Pennsylvania, personal income, personality, persons, petitions, Philadelphia, police, police powers, policing, policy analysis, policy development, policy formulation, policy impacts, policy implementation, policy making, policy setting, political action committees, political behavior, political campaigns, political change, political conflict, political corruption, political culture, political debates, political elites, political environments, political history, political ideologies, political institutions, political issues, political machine, political participation, political parties, political party, political philosophy, political power, political process, political science, political support, political systems, political theory, politicians, politics, politics and government, poll tax, polling, polls, polls and public opinion, population, population ageing, population growth, population increase, populism, ports, positive discrimination, poverty, power and authority, power to and power over, precedent, preference, president pro tempore, presidential election of 2000, presidential election of 2004, presidential elections, presidential primaries, prevention, prices, pricing, primary elections, prisons, private schools, private sector, privatization, probate, problem solving, professionalization, progressive era, Progressive Party, property, property rights, property tax, proportion, proposals, protection, Protestantism, Protestants, public administration, public education, public finance, public financing, public good, public health, public opinion, public opinion polls, public policy, public schools, public sector, public service, public support, public transportation, public utilities, Puerto Rico, punishment, purchasing, qualifications, race, race relations, racial minorities, railroads, real estate, recall, reconstruction, red states, redistricting, referenda, referendums, reform, Reform Party, regionalism, regions, registration, regulations, religion, religion and politics, religious groups, representation, representative democracy, Republican Party, resort, retention, revolutions, Rhode Island, right to privacy, right to vote, rights, rivers, roads, role playing, Ronald Reagan, running, rural areas, rural population, safety, salaries, sales, sales tax, San Francisco, school boards, school choice, school funding, school prayer, school vouchers, scientists, scope, seating, secretaries, secretaries of state, security, select committees, self-government, senate, sentencing, separation of powers, service delivery, settlement, sheriffs, slavery, small business, small towns, smoking, social capital, social issues, social policy, social problems, social security, social services, social welfare, South Carolina, South Dakota, sovereignty, special district, special election, special interest groups, special interests, staffing, standards, standing committee, state action, state courts, state education, state government, state history, state laws, state of nature, state policy, state regulation, state structure, state supreme courts, state taxes, states powers, states' rights, status, statutes, stem cell research, students, subnational governments, subsidies, suburbs, success, suffrage, supervision, supervisors, support staff, supporters, supremacy clause, Supreme Court, Supreme Court cases, Supreme Court decisions, Supreme Court of Justice, surveying, surveys, tax burden, taxation, taxes, teaching, teams, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Tennessee, Tenth Amendment, tenure, term limits, territory, terrorist attacks, testing, Texas, the compact, theories, third parties, threats, tobacco, tourism, town, town hall meetings, town meetings, tradition, transportation, transportation funding, treaties, trial courts, trials, trust, turnout, turnover, two-party system, unicameral legislature, unions, United States, United States Constitution, United States law, United States Supreme Court, urban areas, Utah, utilities, utility, Vermont, veto power, vice president, Virginia, voter behavior, voter registration, voter turnout, voting, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, vouchers, wages, war, Washington, water, water resources, water rights, water supply, welfare, welfare reform, welfare state, West Virginia, Wisconsin, women legislators, women's suffrage, workers, World War II, Wyoming, zoning