http://memphis.bbb.org/article/bbb-tips-for-reducing-junk-mail-12752
The Memphis Better Business Bureau offers some tips on reducing junk mail. Some websites and telephone numbers are given here that consumers can use to stop unsolicited junk mail from coming to their homes, as well as some other helpful information.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm
The U. S. Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division offers this interactive map that shows the states that have no minimum wage laws, those that have a minimum wage lower than the Federal one, those that have a minimum wage equal to the Federal, and those with a minimum wage higher than the Federal. You can find the specific minimum wage amounts as well for each state.
http://scdb.wustl.edu/index.php
The Supreme Court Database allows users to access in-depth information about all Supreme Court cases. But, it also enables users to search for cases that meet particular parameters to create subsets of data. So, if a researcher needs to find all the cases that resulted in the reversal of an appeals court decision on the topic of unions, this is the site to use. Supported by the National Science Foundation.
http://www.galeschools.com/hispanic_heritage/index.htm
Gale Cengage Learning, the Library of Congress Law Library, and the Census Bureau have all offered sites that provide information on Hispanic Heritage Month 2009, which is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 each year.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers a new web portal that should make finding information even easier. It also allows anyone who has filed a case with teh USCIS to sign-up to receive updates. It also includes a Spanish Language version.
https://kiosk.memphispolice.org/cyberwatch/
This website was intoduced to the members of Staff Organization by Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery. Filling in basic information such as your name, home address, phone numbers, and email address, users will receive email alerts of local crime in their neighborhoods. Because the site is offered by the Memphis Police Department (or the Blue Crush, as it has been nicknamed)the records are accurate and updated daily.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/106/pub/pc0339.pdf
This is the Act passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that amends the Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1305(c), to allow anyone authorized to carry a firearm under Tennessee Code Annotated 39-17-1351 to carry a firearm, who is not consuming beer, wine or alcoholic beverages himself or herself, into an establishment that serves alcohol. Also included is the text of Governor Bredesen’s veto message, as well as the letter, from the Chief Clerk of the House to the Tennessee Secretary of State, indicating the override of the Governor’s veto of this measure by both the Tennessee House and Senate.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1256enr.txt.pdf
The FDA provided from its web site a link to the text of the historic legislation signed into law by President Obama that will give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state_by_state
The Death Penalty Information Center offers this database that provides information and statistics relating to the death penalty in each of the fifty states.
http://www.loc.gov/law/find/sotomayor.php
The Law Library of Congress offers this page on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, which includes links to articles she has written, a foreward she wrote for a book, to the texts of her two previous confirmation hearings, to her judicial opinions, and to websites that have information about her.
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/usconlaw/index.php
The Law Library of Congress offers this new web page on the United States Constitution and offers information on military tribunals, Presidential Signing Statements, Executive Privilege and more.
Submitted by Audrey May (LINC):
www.treas.gov/initiatives/eesa/
“From this website, you can find out all sorts of info about the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and related issues, and sign up for email alerts from the Treasury about the Act, and on other issues as well…LOTS of info here, Check it out if you have not already seen it.”
http://thefileroom.org/documents/CategoryHomePage.html
A special project of the National Coalition Against Censorship this an archive of historic and contemporary censorship cases that have occurred around the world.
http://www.iihs.org/laws/default.aspx
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety offers its summaries of state driving laws, including cell phone laws, child restraint/belt laws, dui laws, speed limit laws, and others. The site is updated continuously by the Institute as states enact or amend their laws. You can search to see a chart that allows you to compare laws among the states, or you can search to see only the laws of a specific state.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/12/P075414ssnreport.pdf
The Federal Trade Commission offers its report here that recommends five measures to prevent Social Security Numbers from being used for identity theft.
