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Links to State and Local Government Information

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Local Governments

City of Madison http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/

Dane County http://www.co.dane.wi.us/

Other Local Governments in Wisconsin

Note: Not all local governments have web sites.

Wisconsin Counties http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_counties.html

Wisconsin Cities, Towns, and Villages http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_cities_towns_and_villages.html
WI Law & Government: Codes & Ordinances http://wsll.state.wi.us/ordinances.html

Maintained by the Wisconsin State Law Library.
Not all cities, towns, villages, or counties have their codes and ordinances on-line!

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State of Wisconsin

Home Page http://www.wisconsin.gov/

Wisconsin Blue Book http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/index.htm

Comprehensive almanac of Wisconsin state government, including biographies of people in state government, information on state agencies, and statistics.
Online version consists of PDF files of approximately 50 pages per file.
Print version available at many campus libraries, including Memorial (where it's at the Reference Desk, call number JK6031).

Wisconsin State Legislature http://www.legis.state.wi.us/

Wisconsin State Statutes and Annotations http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html

Alphabetical Index of of Wisconsin State Agencies http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/agency_index.html

WisStat http://www.wisstat.wisc.edu/

Interactive database with statistical data for Wisconsin.
Includes data from the following data sets:

2000 Census, SF 1 & SF 3
1990 Census, SF 1 & SF 3
1980 Census, SF 1 & SF 3
Population Estimates, 1960-1996
Adjusted Gross Income, 1987-1995
Employment and Wages by Industry, 1994

Developed and maintained by UW-Madison's Applied Population Laboratory, Dept of Rural Sociology, and University of Wisconsin Extension, with support from the Wisconsin Dept of Administration.

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Other U.S. States

State and Territorial Governments http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml

Part of FirstGov, the U.S. government's official web portal.
Covers all 50 states plus the 6 U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Also includes pages with links to state agencies by topic (ex: state labor departments and employment services), to state governors, legislatures, photo galleries, and state web pages for kids.
American Hometowns section has links to home pages for cities, counties, and towns by state.

State and Local Governments on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/

Maintained by Piper Resources.
Covers all 50 states plus the 6 U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Also includes links to state agencies by topic (ex: arts, regulatory), multi-state resources and national organizations serving state and local governments.
For each state, there are links to state and local government sites.

Federal and State Tax Forms http://www.lib.lsu.edu/govdocs/taxes.html

Maintained by Louisiana State Libraries.
Check the dates on individual forms to make sure you have the most current forms!

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Government Documents at Memorial Library |
Memorial Library Home Page | UW-Madison Libraries

Created 3/01; last updated 12/28/04.

Created and maintained by:
Beth Harper
Government Documents Reference Librarian
276 Memorial Library
728 State St, Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-9852