MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE SIMULATION
Dr. Mark Creekmore - Social Work 570
Fall 2000
Dr. Creekmore's Simulation Page
KEY PLAYERS
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Governor |
Journalists
Legislators and Committees |
Political Parties
MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Bills |
Calendars |
Committee Publications
Directories |
District Maps |
Journals
Laws |
Legislation Background |
Legislative Process
Last updated on August 30,
2000
Hearings Samples
| Very
few
Michigan legislative hearings are published. Samples must come from other sources. |
- Indexes committee publications: hearings (1970+), prints (1993+), and
reports (1989+)
- Published Hearings accessed
through CIS Index
- Hearings indexed by subject, keyword, committee, date, and person testifying
- Subject Search can be simple or it can include numerous
proximity indicators
- w/p (words within paragraph); w/n
(words within a number; w/s (words within sentence)
- Example: employment w/10 (youth or juveniles or minors)
- Additional protocols at bottom of keyword searching page
- Record provides summary of testimony by interest
groups, including testimony from various perspectives on
labor laws
- Record includes Superintendent of Documents
Number for the Documents Center's paper copy, microfiche number for the Documents Center's microfiche, and a link to selected full text testimony since 1988
Subject Background
- Academic Universe (UMich
Only)
- NEWS section has the full text of newspapers from around the world as
well as television transcripts and magazine articles
- Use General News for national news
- For Michigan news, use U.S. News and the More Options search form
(youth or minors or juveniles or teens) [in full text] AND
employment and hours [in full text] AND
Michigan
Sort by Relevance
- ProQuest (UMich Only)
- Index of 2300 journals since the mid-1980s with many in full text since the 1990s
- Articles may be printed individually or marked as a group for printing and downloading
- Sample Search:
(juveniles or teen? or minors or youth) and employment and hours [in full text]
- Replaces the Core Journals that were available through MIRLYN
- ABI Inform
(UMich Only)
- Index of business periodicals and corporate information since 1970
- Sample search:
minimum wage and (teen? or youth)
- Full text of many articles in pdf format
- Educational Resources
Information Center (ERIC)
- ERIC Documents Online
(UMich Only)
- ERIC is a collection of reports, government documents, and conference
proceedings for all levels of education
- This source has the full text of 80% of all ERIC documents issued since 1996
- Sample search:
(youth or teen) and employment and grade*
- Text on pdf format; often files are over one megabyte
- ERIC
via OCLC (UMich Only)
- Indexes thousands of articles, books, reports and conference papers on
education since 1966
- Approach by author, title, journal, type of
publication, descriptors, and target audience
- Reports on microfiche in Serials/Microforms under their "ED"
numbers (MICRO-F X205); articles listed with "EJ" numbers require user to
check journal locations in MIRLYN
- ERIC via Syracuse
University
- Web interface to citations and abstracts, beginning 1966
- Searches may be limited to various fields, including author, title,
keyword, descriptor, institution
- Sample search:
(youth or teen) and employment and grades
- National Criminal Justice
Reference Service
- Full text or summaries of federal, state, and local reports on crime,
courts, law enforcement, juvenile justice, and the victims of crime
- NCJRS Data Base
on the Web
- Indexes thousands of books, journal articles, and government reports
- Provides lengthy summaries
- Searchable by keyword (eg. domestic violence and workplace)
- Free until February 1, 1998
- Social
Work Abstracts
- Covers both Social Work Abstracts and the Register of Clinical Social
Workers
- Social Work Abstracts contains
information on the fields of social work and human services.
- Covers more
than 450 journals in the areas of the social
work profession, theory and practice, areas of service, social issues and
social problems
- CQ Weekly
Report (UMich Only)
- Political background on major federal legislation
- Identifies bills, key players, lobby groups, and behind-the-scenes information
- Initial page boots up to current issue
- Separate search engines for articles and
roll call votes can be limited by year
- Paper copy in Documents Center as JK 1.C12--Ref.
with older issues in Graduate Library
- Web subscription includes CQ
Researcher which provides briefing
- National
Journal [Web and Library]
- Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major
legislative issues
- Full text, 1977+, available under Inside
Washington from Congressional Universe
(UMich Only)
- Also in Graduate Library as JK 1.N28 with current issues in
Documents Center--Docs.Ref.
- Policy.com
- Daily periodical with current policy news, issue of the
week, and in-depth analysis of 20 current policy issues
- Virtual Congress features speeches
and votes on topics
- Includes a policy chat room
- Academic Universe (UMich
Only)
- NEWS section has the full text of newspapers from around the world as
well as television transcripts and magazine articles
- Use General News for national news
- National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Newsletters, policies, and testimony on
federal-state relations
- Organizational information, publications, and conferences
- Extensive links to state legislative web sites
- National
Governors' Association
- Extensive list and full text of policies on federal-state relations,
economic development, human and natural resources
- Issue briefs, press releases
- Background and the administration of welfare reform
- Links to governors of the states and territories, their biographies,
election status, and web sites
- Stateline (PEW Research
Center)
- Summary of news articles about state legislative issues for all 50 states
- States can be compared and ranked on population, economic, crime,
budget, and environmental factors
- See State and Local Government for additional sources
- Citizens Research Council of
Michigan
- Analyzes state and local government finances and organization (e.g.
tax assessments, funding a new Detroit stadium)
- Research reports on policy proposals as well as selected testimony
before the state legislature
- Web site indexes publications since 1916 and provides the text of
some publications
- Detroit
News
- Lead metro, state, national, and international news
- Editorials, sports, cartoons, lottery numbers, death notices
- Archive begins with July 23, 1995
- Keyword index available for back files
- Pro-Quest (Umich Only) has citations and abstracts since January 1989 and full text since January 1995
- Academic Universe (Umich only) coverage begins in April 1995
- Gongwer
News Service
- Behind-the-scenes political report on the Michigan Legislature and
legislation
- Quotations by legislators and lobbyists made on the floor, in
committee, and in news conferences
- Coverage begins with September 1993
- Searchable by date or keyword
- Single-site password available in Documents Center; ask staff for
sign-on
- Michigan in Brief
- Analyzes 65 issues likely to come before the State Legislature
- Examples include AIDS, assisted suicide, casinos, civil rights,
crime, firearms, Headlee Amendment, roads, taxes and welfare reform
- Provides background with statistics, pro and con arguments, and web
or address sources for additional information
- Appendices address a variety of non-legislative issues (foundations,
volunteerism, basic statistics and state symbols)
- Economic, political and cultural history of Michigan since the 17th
Century
- Concise but meaty descriptions of state and local government
- Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Council of Michigan
Foundations, and Public Sector Consultants
- Michigan
Municipal League
- Summary of proposed state legislation affecting local
governments
- Federal/state relations, environment, and public works
- Includes links to bills and Michigan Municipal League
position
- Municipal lobbying primer
- Senate
Fiscal Agency Reports
- List of special and recurring reports on economic issues of
legislative concern (e.g. prisons, local government debt, charter
schools) beginning 1994
- Full text available beginning June 1996
- Selected analyses of bills before the State Legislature beginning
1997
- Comprehensive Sources
- FedStats
- Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal
government agencies
- Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
- Search engine indexes individual statistical tables
by keyword or agency and provides direct connection
- Statistical Resources
on the Web
- Annotated links to over 20 categories of government and
non-government statistics
- Large sections on demographics, economics, and health
- Optional cumulative frames index
- Statistical
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes and abstracts all published federal government statistics
since 1974, business and state governments since 1980, and international
agencies since 1983
- Begin search with Power Tables
- Power Tables has the full text of the most popular statistical tables
- Example: "high school graduates" as keyword; previous two years; U.S. sources;
and by state
- Choose Abstracts if you don't find what you need
in Power Tables
- This usually provides a web link or a citation to microfiche in the
Documents Center but seldom has the full text
- Example:
- "youth and employment" in any field; last two years; published by any source; and
arranged "by state"
- Results list indicates of web links to data (i.e. full text attachments) available
- If full text not available, search MIRLYN by title, come to the Documents Center with
the microfiche number (e.g. ASI 1998 4142-1), or search the Federal Agency Directory
for the agency web site
- See Statistical Universe
Guide and the Statistical Universe Slide Show for
additional details
- Subject-Specific Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Wages, prices, employment by occupation and industry
- Numerous articles on employment topics as well as statistics
- Search entire web site: youth or teens or juveniles
- Justice
Department Crime Statistics
- Crime, firearms, courts, prisoners, and victimization
- Describes on-line services and files available for ftp from the
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Juvenile Crime (High School Debate Topic)
- Background papers by the National Center for Policy Analysis
- Replete with statistics on types of crime and juvenile justice
issues
- Michigan
Department of Education
- Michigan Schools Report has reading, math and science scores for each
K-12 school for past three years
- Michigan K-12 Financial Data and Rankings for each school district
- Enrollment in Michigan institutions of higher education by gender or
race
- National
Assessment of Educational Progress
- Extensive reports on national and state test scores of 4th, 8th, and
12th grade students by various demographic characteristics
- Separate surveys on science, mathematics, history, geography
- All publications in Adobe Acrobat
- A bibliography lists
published NAEP documents since 1970
- Uniform
Crime Reports, 1990-95 (UVa)
- County level data on arrests and reported crimes by type of crime
- Arrests includes total, adult, and juvenile
Simulation Parallels
- Comprehensive Sources
Politics for additional lobby groups
- Advocacy
Groups by Topic (Policy.com)
- Lists research, advocacy, and professional groups in over 20 categories
- Includes health, society, defense, immigration, environment
- Well-annotated paragraphs describe their policy interests
- Links to their respective web sites
- Associations on the Net (Internet
Public Library)
- Annotated links to over 300 associations on the Internet
- Arranged by broad subjects (arts, business, law, politics, health,
labor, social sciences)
- Encyclopedia of
Associations (UMich Only)
- Gale Directory of 140,000 U.S. national, regional, state and local
associations
- Provides contact information, membership, objectives and
publications
- Michigan
Community Information Network (COMNET)
- Directories of social services and non-profit organizations
through the entire state with a focus on Southeast Michigan
- Parents First Coalition of
Michigan
- Family Research
Council
- Conservative organization supporting parental choice
- Web site includes extensive information on lobby issues
- Michigan Restaurant and Retail
Council
- Citizens for a Crime Free Michigan
- Michigan Association of Local Government
Officials
- Michigan
Municipal League
- Summary of proposed state legislation affecting local
governments
- Federal/state relations, environment, and public works
- Includes links to bills and Michigan Municipal League
position
- Municipal lobbying primer
- Michigan State PTA
- Children's Alliance
- Annie E. Casey
Foundation
- National advocacy group for underprivileged children
- Various community and family initiatives
- Kids
Count compares individual states with the nation on family
risk factors, juvenile justice, income and poverty, health,
and other child well-being characteristics
- Child
Advocacy Links (National PTA)
- Alphabetical list of non-profit organizations, professional
associations, and federal government agencies with a child advocacy role
- Connect for Kids
- How to lobby for children's issues
- Michigan's
Children
- How to serve as advocate for children
- Trade and Regulatory Committee
- Michigan
Senate lists the Economic Development, International Trade and Regulatory Affairs
- The committee does not have its own web site
- The Republican Chair is Bill
Schuette
- A Democratic Member is Gary Peters
- Michigan Department of Career
Development
- Created on April 5, 1999 to enhance skills of Michigan's workforce
- Web site includes annotated links to state services for employers and
job seekers
- Michigan Economic Development
Corporation
- Monthly county and place employment and unemployment data since 1970,
occupational salaries and projections by county, tax free zones, and
recruitment materials for Michigan business
- Offshoot of the Michigan Jobs Commission and formed on April 5, 1999
- Appropriations Committee
- Policy
Committee
- Senate Majority Leader
- Procedure
- Names are only samples and are not represented in the simulation
- Check their personal web sites for major issues they represent
- Check Michigan Political Sources for articles about their opinions (especially Gongwer and Detroit News)
- Check Michigan Legislature web site to determine which bills they have introduced
- Check Project Vote Smart under Candidates and Elected Officials/State Legislators/Michigan for available biographies, campaign finance reports, opinions, and lobby group
ratings
- Detroit
News
- Lead metro, state, national, and international news
- Editorials, sports, cartoons, lottery numbers, death notices
- Archive begins with July 23, 1995
- Keyword index available for back files
- Pro-Quest (Umich Only) has citations and abstracts since January 1989 and full text since January 1995
- Academic Universe (Umich only) coverage begins in April 1995
- Michigan News Media (Michigan Electronic Library)
- Extensive list of newspaper, television and radio web sites in Michigan
- Arranged alphabetically by city
Actual Michigan Legislative Process
Citizen's
Guide to State Government
- Organization chart of three branches of government
- Directory of executive departments with phone numbers
- Descriptions of the Michigan legislative process, directories of
legislative members and committees, how to contact government officials
- Number of signatures needed for petitions; number of
state legislative and court officials by political party for counties and
cities
Legislative
Biographies (Gongwer)
- Brief descriptive biographies of Michigan Legislators with committee
assignments and contact information
- Arranged by house and legislative district
Legislature, 1999/2000 (Michigan
Electronic Library)
Legislature,
1997/98 (Gongwer)
- Directory of House and Senate by district
- Includes district, party, name, e-mail address, phone, and office
- Directory of committee and subcommittee assignments
House of
Representatives
- Directory of Members by District and directory of committee assignments
- Includes address, phone, and e-mail addresses
Senate
- Directory of Members by name, District, place, and
party
- Includes address, phone, and e-mail addresses
- Committee and subcommittee assignments
Boundaries of Michigan Legislature's Senate
and House Districts as
well as Congressional Districts with detailed insets for large cities
Prepared by the Michigan Information
Center
- Citizen's
Guide to State Government
- Organization chart of three branches of government
- Directory of executive departments with phone numbers
- Descriptions of the Michigan legislative process, directories of
legislative members and committees, how to contact government officials
- Number of signatures needed for petitions; number of
state legislative and court officials by political party for counties and
cities
- How
a Bill Becomes a Law
- Description of the legislative process from the Michigan legislature
- Michigan Legislative Histories at
the University of Michigan
- Step-by-step guide to the legislative process
- Cites printed materials, on-line services, archives, and telephone
numbers
- Sources of
Michigan Legislative History provides similar
information from the Library of Michigan Law Library perspective
- Citizens Research Council of
Michigan
- Analyzes state and local government finances and organization (e.g.
tax assessments, funding a new Detroit stadium)
- Research reports on policy proposals as well as selected testimony
before the state legislature
- Web site indexes publications since 1916 and provides the text of
some publications
- Detroit
News
- Lead metro, state, national, and international news
- Editorials, sports, cartoons, lottery numbers, death notices
- Archive begins with July 23, 1995
- Keyword index available for back files
- Pro-Quest (Umich Only) has citations and abstracts since January 1989 and full text since January 1995
- Academic Universe (Umich only) coverage begins in April 1995
- Gongwer
News Service
- Behind-the-scenes political report on the Michigan Legislature and
legislation
- Quotations by legislators and lobbyists made on the floor, in
committee, and in news conferences
- Coverage begins with September 1993
- Searchable by date or keyword
- Single-site password available in Documents Center; ask staff for
sign-on
- House Legislative Analyses
- Summaries of all House bills and Senate bills referred to the House
- Analyzes problem the bill addresses, impact, pros and cons
- Full-text copies are available under bill number in the Michigan
Legislature web site beginning 1997
- Paper copies of older analyses filed by bill number at the U Mich Law
Library
- Michigan in Brief
- Analyzes 65 issues likely to come before the State Legislature
- Examples include AIDS, assisted suicide, casinos, civil rights,
crime, firearms, Headlee Amendment, roads, taxes and welfare reform
- Provides background with statistics, pro and con arguments, and web
or address sources for additional information
- Appendices address a variety of non-legislative issues (foundations,
volunteerism, basic statistics and state symbols)
- Economic, political and cultural history of Michigan since the 17th
Century
- Concise but meaty descriptions of state and local government
- Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Council of Michigan
Foundations, and Public Sector Consultants
- Michigan
Municipal League
- Summary of proposed state legislation affecting local
governments
- Federal/state relations, environment, and public works
- Includes links to bills and Michigan Municipal League
position
- Municipal lobbying primer
- Senate
Fiscal Agency Reports
- List of special and recurring reports on economic issues of
legislative concern (e.g. prisons, local government debt, charter
schools) beginning 1994
- Full text available beginning June 1996
- Selected analyses of bills before the State Legislature beginning
1997
- Michigan Legislative Information, 1997+
- Full text of bills with legislative status and links to the House and Senate Journals
- Find Bill: locate bills by bill number, subject category, or sponsor
- Links to bill text, enrolled bills (final version becoming law), status,
and Journals (Adobe Acrobat format)
- House Bills and Senate Bills arranged by bill number
- Links to bill text, status, and Journals (Adobe Acrobat format)
- Journals arranged by date; provide proceedings, voting records, and sometimes a text but not debates; Adobe Acrobat format
- Calendars are last five House and Senate floor calendars
Search MIRLYN or the Library of Michigan Catalog for the text of published committee publications
Most committee hearings and reports are unpublished
- Contact the committee chairperson for
the accessibility of tapes or transcripts
Michigan Legislative Information, 1997+
- House Journals and Senate Journals available in
Adobe Acrobat format
- Searchable by date with additional links from the bill status section of the web site
- Includes proceedings, roll call votes, and occasionally the text of a bill but not the debates
Michigan Laws
- Michigan
Compiled Laws
- Beta test as of 2/12/99 does not require registration
- Search for laws-in-force or constitution by keyword, law number or
MCL citation
- Advanced search includes additional strategies by history and legal
challenges
- Current Youth Employment Standards Act is Public Act 90 of 1978 (MCL 409.101-1124)
- Michigan
Legislature
- Since 1997 lists Michigan Compiled Law Number and the Public Act
number that updates it
- Also has table of Public Acts providing act number, bill number,
sponsor, date signed, and date a new law effective
- Michigan Administrative
Code
- Text of all executive agency regulations in force
- Searchable by department or number but not subject
- Updated on a daily basis
- The latest paper version, 1979, is located in the Documents
Center as Doc.Cen. K .M62 A3 - Ref.
- Paper updated by annual supplements (same call number) and the quarterly
Michigan Register (Doc.Cen K .M62 A31 - Ref.)
- Administrative
Rules (Office of Regulatory Reform)
- Rules and proposed of Michigan executive departments beginning 1995
- Arranged by agency and to be indexed by keyword
- Executive Orders
- Governor's executive orders beginning 1991
Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Christina Campbell, Documents Assistant, August 2000
The University of Michigan Library
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