• Abortion: All Sides of the Issue
• Abortion Law Home Page
• ACT Right to Life Association
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• Act Right to Life Association
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• National Center for Men - Fairness in Family Planning
• National Right to Life
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• Planned Parenthood
• Ohio Right to Life
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• Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion, Inc.
• Why Abortion is Biblical

• Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
• Affirmative Action Resource Center
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• Center for Equal Opportunity
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• National Association of Women and Affirmative Action
• Urban Institute
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Yahoo! Affirmative Action News Updates

• American Council for Drug Education
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• D.A.R.E. America
• M.A.D.D.
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• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs
• Partnership for a Drug Free America
• State Statutes on Alcohol on the Internet (Cornell University)
• Tobacco Control Achives/UCSF
• The Tobacco Institute
• The Tobacco War in West Virginia - article (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Tobacco Prevention and Control (National Governor's Association)
• U.S. Customs Service
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

• Alliance for Animals
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• Animal Concerns Community
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• Ark Trust, Inc.
• Canine Legislation for the United States and West Virginia - article
• Doris Day Animal League
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• Society for Animal Protective Legislation
• The Humane Society of the United States
• World Animal Net

• International Budget Issues
• The International Budget Project
• U.S. Agency for International Development

• U.S. National Government
• Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2002
• CATO Institute
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• Citizens for Tax Justice
• Concord Coalition
• Congressional Budget Office
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• National Priorities Project
• Public Debt
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• The Heritage Foundation
• U.S. Budget.com
• U.S. House Budget Committee
• U.S. Senate Budget Committee

• West Virginia
• West Virginia Budget Office
• West Virginia Economic Outlook (WVU)

• Alliance for Better Campaigns
• Alternative Voting Systems
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• Campaign Finance Issues in West Virginia (Secretary of State's Office)
• Campaign Finance Reform (Brookings Institution)
• Campaing Finance Reform and Governmental Ethics (Public Citizen Congress Watch)
• Campaign Finance Website (American University)
• Campaign Reform Information Center
• Common Cause
• FECInfo
• Guide to Money in American Elections (Center for Responsive Politics)
• Money and Politics (CATO Institute)
• National Institute on Money in State Politics
• State Statutes on Election Law on the Internet (Cornell University)
• U.S. Federal Election Commission
• U.S. Term Limits
• U.S. Term Limits Special Report (Washington Post)

• Administration for Children and Familes (U.S. DHHS)
• Child Trends
• Children and Family Issues (National Governor's Association)
• Children and Youth (U.S. DHHS)
• Children Now
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• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP - National)
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• Covering Kids
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• Federal Ofiice of Child Support (U.S. DHHS)
• Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families (West Virginia)
• Head Start (U.S. DHHS)
• Kids Count
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• National Governors Association/Children and Families
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• U.S. Child Care Bureau (U.S. DHHS)

• American Civil Liberties Union
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• The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
• E-Commerce Tax News
• E-Fairness Coalition
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• Vertex Tax Cybrary: State Taxes on Electronic Commerce

• American Planning Association
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• Community Tool Box (University of Kansis)
• Institute for the Study of Civic Values
• National Civic League
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• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Main Page)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Office of Community Planning and Development Page)

• Better Business Bureau
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• West Virginia Division of Labor (Consumer Issues)
• West Virginia State Bar Association

• ACLU Death Penalty Campaign
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• Death Penalty Debate (Yahoo! News)
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• Death Penalty News and Updates
• Justice Center Web Site (University of Alaska)
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Pro-Death Penalty.com

• Center for An Accessible Society
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• Yahoo! News: Disabilities and the Disabled

• American Council for Capital Formation (conservative viewpoint)
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• Brookings Institution: Economic Studies
• Bureau for Business and Economic Research (West Virginia University)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Department of Commerce)
• Citizens for Tax Justice
• Concord Coalition (National Debt Issues)
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• Employment Policy Foundation
• Heritage Foundation: Tax Reform
• Joint Economic Committee (U.S. Congress)
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• National Taxpayers Union
• Tax Foundation
• The Economy (SpeakOut.com)
• West Virginia State Tax Department
• U.S. Economic and Trade Policy (U.S. Department of State)

• Almanac of Policy Issues: Education
• Center for Education Reform
• Council for Basic Education
• Education (SpeakOut.com)
• Education Commission of the States
• Education Finance Statistics (U.S. Statistical Abstract - requires Adobe Acrobat))
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• National Governor's Association
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• School Choice (Heritage Foundation)
• School Choice (Washington Post)
• School Choices (Social Philosophy and Policy Center)
• State Statutes on Education on the Internet (Cornell University)
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Education - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• West Virginia Department of Education

• American Association of Community Colleges
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• Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
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• Reinventing Undergraduate Education (Boyer Commission Report)
• State Statutes on Higher Education (Cornell University)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Futures Project (Brown University - market-oriented, learner focused education)
• The Institute for Higher Education Policy
• U.S. Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
• Women's Issues in Higher Education (American Association of University Women)

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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• Energy Issues (National Governor's Association)
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• Energy Search (search engine)
• Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
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• Nuclear Energy Institute
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• Allegheny Conservation Alliance
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• Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
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• Resources for the Future
• Sierra Club
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• West Virginia University Extension Service: Center for Agricultural & Natural Resources Development
• Yahoo! News: Environmental Policy and Natural Resources

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• America's Second Harvest
• Congressional Hunger Center's Links Page
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• Food Share
• Government Nutrition Resources (Baylor College of Medicine)
• National Food and Agricultural Policy Project
• Nutrition.Gov
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
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• U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp Program

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Center for Democracy and Free Speech
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (internet issues)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (internet issues)
• First Amendment Cyber Tribune
• First Amendment News
• Free Expression Network
• Freedom Forum 1st Amendment issues
• Freedom of Speech in the United States
• Institute for First Amendment Studies
• Library Bill of Rights
• The Censorship Pages
• The First Amendment Handbook
• The First Amendment Project
• The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

• Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo
• Climate Convention and Kyoto Protocol (United Nations)
• Climate Convention and Kyoto Protocol (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
• Global Climate Change On-Line Resources (Pacific Institute)
• Global Climate Change - Talks Heat Up (WVU Bureau of Business and Economic Research - Adobe Acrobat required)
• Global Climate Coalition
• Global Environmental Change (United Kingdom)
• Global Warming Information Page
• Impacts of the Kyoto Protocal on the West Virginia Economy (WVU Bureau of Business and Economic Research - Adobe Acrobat required)
• Perspectives on the Kyoto Protocol
• The National Council for Science and the Environment
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming Site
• Weathervane (Resources for the Future)
• World Wild Life Fund: Climate Change
• Yahoo! News: Global Warming and Climate Change

• CNN - State Gun Control Laws
• Gun Laws, Gun Control, and Gun Rights (University of Pittsburg)
• GunCite: Gun Control and Second Admendment Issues
• National Rifle Association
• Second Amendment Foundation
• Second Amendment Stuff
• The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
• The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
• The Violence Policy Center
• U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
• Yahoo! News: Gun Control Debate

• American Enterprise Institute - Health Policy
• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP - State Programs)
• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP - National)
• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP - West Virginia)
• Defined Contribution Health Insurance (National Center for Policy Analysis)
• Health Insurance and Financing (National Governor's Association)
• Managed Care and Oversight (National Governor's Association)
• Medicaid and the States (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Urban Institute Studies - CHIP
• Urban Institute Studies - Medicaid & Medicare
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Medicaid
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Medicare
• West Virginia Public Employee Insurance Agency

• 54 Ways You Can Help the Homeless
• Commission on Homelessness and Poverty (American Bar Association)
• Homelessness (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Center for Homeless Education
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• Stand Up for Kids
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Homelessness
• Yahoo! News: : Homelessness

• Habitat for Humanity International
• Housing Assistance Council
• Housing Issues (The Urban Institute)
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officiials
• National Housing Conference
• National Housing Trust
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
• The Appalachia Service Project
• The Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
• Dealing with Violent Youth Offenders (National Governors Association)
• Juvenile Justice Issues (National Confernece of State Legislators)
• Juvenile Justice Law (Cornell University)
• Juvenile Justice Links of Interest (Florida State University)
• Juvenile Justice Magazine
• The National Center for Juvenile Justice
• Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment (Teen Court)
• The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
• U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services
• Youth Crime Issues (The Urban Institute)

• American Planning Association
• International City/County Management Association
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Planners Network
• Planners Web
• Smart Growth Network
• The Center for Land Use Interpretation
• The Growth Management Institute
• The Planning Report (Insider's Guide to Managed Growth)
• Urban Land Institute
• U.S. Department of Energy Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
• West Virginia Planning Association

• Bureau for Medical Services (West Virginia)
• Health Insurance and Financing (National Governors' Association)
• National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• Medicaid (Almanac of Policy Issues)
• Medicaid and the States (National Conference of State Legislatures -click on Public User)
• Medicaid and the States (National Governors' Association)
• Medicaid Consumer Information (U.S. Health Care Financing Administraiton)
• Medicaid Issues (Urban Institute)
• Medicaid Reform: The Basics (Twentieth Century Fund)
• State-by-State Medicaid Plans - Program Summaries
• State-by-State Medicaid Plans - Program Links
• U.S. Health Care Financing Administration
• Welfare Reform and Medicaid (U.S. Health Care Financing Administraiton)
• Yahoo! News: Health Care Issues

• State-by-State Minimum Wage Laws
• The Minimum Wage (The Almanac of Policy Issues)
• The Minimum Wage (Coalition on Human Needs)
• The Minimum Wage (Employment Policy Foundation)
• The Minimum Wage (Employment Policy Institute)
• The Minimum Wage (National Center for Policy Analysis)
• The Minimum Wage (U.S. Department of Labor)
• The Minimum Wage: Washington's Perennial Myth (Cato Institute)

• National Association of State Retirement Administrators
• Public Pension and Retirement Saving Systems (National Governors' Association)
• West Virginia Pathways to Wellness (West Virginia PEIA)
• West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA)

• 2000 Census Redistricting Data
• National Democratic Congressional Redistricting Project
• National Republican Congressional Redistricting
• Redistricting (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Redistricting Issues (dissertation)
• Redistricting Law
• State-By-State Redistricting Provisions
• The Center for Voting and Democracy

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Americans for Voluntary School Prayer
• Religious Action Center
• The Religious Freedom Amendment
• U.S. Department of Education: Religion and Schools

• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Computer Systems Policy Project
• Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
• Federal Focus, Inc.
• International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Science Foundation
• Technology Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce)
• U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Assessing New Federalism (The Urban Institute)
• Federalism (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
• Federalism, Preemption, and Regulatory Reform (National Governors' Association)
• Unfunded Mandates (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
• Unfunded Mandates (U.S. Congressional Budget Office)
• State-Federal Relations (National Conference of State Legislatures)

• American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
• Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
• Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations: MPOs on the Net
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Highway Statistics
• National Association of Railroad Passengers
• National Association of Regional Councils
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Transportation Policy (click on Public User)
• National Governors' Association: Transportation Policy
• Surface Transportation Policy Project
• U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• West Virginia Department of Transportation

• Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
• Center for an Urban Future
• Cities and Urban Geography
• National League of Cities
• The Urban Institute
• Urban Environmental Management
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• American Public Human Services Association
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• National Conference of State Legislatures (Welfare Reform)
• Poverty, Income and Wealth (The Electronic Policy Network)
• Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
• Rural Policy Research Institute
• State Policy Documentation Project (TANF Studies)
• Urban Institute
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (Welfare Reform - click on Public User)
• U.S. Department of Labor (Welfare to Work Program)
• Welfare Information Network
• WV WORKS (WV DHHR)
• WV WORKS 2000: The Recipients' Perspective (Adobe Acrobat required)
• WV WORKS Case Closure Study (Adobe Acrobat required)

• American Association of University Women
• Feminist.com
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• National Organization for Women
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• Women and Politics
• Women's Enews

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