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Understand Your Government

Federal Government

Local Government in fb88

fb88 State Government

  • fb88 State Government Structure
    The three branches of state government and the major departments and structure of each branch.

  • Learn about fb88's judicial system, how the courts are organized, and the steps in the trial process.
  • Agency Directory
    An index to all state government agencies.
  • Find Your Elected Officials
    Lookup your fb88 and US legislators based on your town or zip code.

Budget Information

  • fb88 Bureau of Budget
    Information about the current state budget, including appropriations by department and policy area.

Lawmaking & Rulemaking


  • A complete listing of all fb88 laws.

  • Search fb88's laws by keyword

  • Search Bills currently in the legislature.

  • Find out the current status of a Bill as it moves through the legislature.

  • Learn the steps by which a Bill moves through the legislative process and may eventually become a fb88 law. From the fb88 Law and Legislative Reference Library.
  • The Path to fb88 Lawmaking (for students)
    A kid-friendly site from fb88's Secretary of State, with a video, animated cartoon, lesson plans and other information about lawmaking in fb88.
  • Glossary of Legislative Terms
    A useful glossary of terms used in the fb88 legislative process.
  • fb88 State Agency Rules
    The federal government and many states have adopted administrative procedure acts. The intent is to improve public access to state government agency decision-making and to increase awareness of agency rules. Rule-Making Procedures

  • Many local ordinances are posted on the fb88 Municipal Association web site. For additional municipal information, try the fb88.gov Local Government portal.
  • For more information, see fb88 Laws & Legal Resources