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Growing set of state abortion restrictions visualized By Althea Webber, By Margaret Moslander \| Reproductive health services Remapping Debate presents three new visualizations allowing the user to review the fast-growing number of anti-abortion laws in effect at the state level, and further, to make custom assessments of the relative impact of each state's abortion-restricting efforts. More	State aid to education down, down, down By Abby Ferla \| Education, State government Our FY 11-12 data gathering is now complete, and we find 40 states effectively cutting aid over last four years, 19 of them by at least 10 percent. South Carolina and California cut aid by the highest percentages. More
Who's been lobbying for whom? By Althea Webber \| Open government Remapping Debate's new visualization tools, building on data from the Center for Responsive Politics, allow for a detailed examination of the increase in the number of ex-lobbyists now working as key congressional staffers from the number employed in the previous (111th) Congress. One tool allows for a detailed view of the interests — by "client," industry, and sub-industry — that each ex-lobbyist represented. The other enables the user to research in the opposite direction: selecting a “client” and identifying all of the ex-lobbyists employed in both the current or last Congress who have done that entity's bidding. More	Change in life expectancy in U.S. counties, 1987-2007 By Mike Alberti \| Gender equity, Health While life expectancy in the country as a whole has continued to rise steadily for the last twenty years, a new study shows that life expectancy for women has actually declined during this period in 313 U.S. counties, most in the Southeast, the Southern Midwest, and Appalachia. Life expectancy for men, by contrast, only declined in six counties (although the study did find that men in these same areas tended to have worse outcomes than men elsewhere). More
Enhanced data viz on student performance By Mike Alberti \| Education An enhanced advanced version of our data visualization on education attainment. Whereas before the advanced versions only permitted the most recent data set in each subject to be compared, the new advanced versions provide historical data as well (going back into 1990s administrations of some tests). Comparison across time is now added to comparisons of subject, grade level, economic status, race, gender, and ethnicity. More	New tools permit custom analysis of educational attainment results By Mike Alberti \| Education Most recent U.S. Dept. of Education data made "slice-able" by grade, subject, and demographic variables. More
New interactive tool puts tax rates into historical context By Mike Alberti \| Taxes As Tax Day looms — and as President and GOP compete to reduce tax rates — an interactive tool helps make clear who has had to pay what throughout the entire post- World War II period. More	"Good" jobs to be had in big-growth occupations? By Mike Alberti \| Employment Projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show 44 occupations that will grow by 100,000 or more jobs. Seven of the top 10 pay under $35,000. More

Growing set of state abortion restrictions visualized By Althea Webber, By Margaret Moslander \| Reproductive health services Remapping Debate presents three new visualizations allowing the user to review the fast-growing number of anti-abortion laws in effect at the state level, and further, to make custom assessments of the relative impact of each state's abortion-restricting efforts. More	State aid to education down, down, down By Abby Ferla \| Education, State government Our FY 11-12 data gathering is now complete, and we find 40 states effectively cutting aid over last four years, 19 of them by at least 10 percent. South Carolina and California cut aid by the highest percentages. More
Who's been lobbying for whom? By Althea Webber \| Open government Remapping Debate's new visualization tools, building on data from the Center for Responsive Politics, allow for a detailed examination of the increase in the number of ex-lobbyists now working as key congressional staffers from the number employed in the previous (111th) Congress. One tool allows for a detailed view of the interests — by "client," industry, and sub-industry — that each ex-lobbyist represented. The other enables the user to research in the opposite direction: selecting a “client” and identifying all of the ex-lobbyists employed in both the current or last Congress who have done that entity's bidding. More	Change in life expectancy in U.S. counties, 1987-2007 By Mike Alberti \| Gender equity, Health While life expectancy in the country as a whole has continued to rise steadily for the last twenty years, a new study shows that life expectancy for women has actually declined during this period in 313 U.S. counties, most in the Southeast, the Southern Midwest, and Appalachia. Life expectancy for men, by contrast, only declined in six counties (although the study did find that men in these same areas tended to have worse outcomes than men elsewhere). More
Enhanced data viz on student performance By Mike Alberti \| Education An enhanced advanced version of our data visualization on education attainment. Whereas before the advanced versions only permitted the most recent data set in each subject to be compared, the new advanced versions provide historical data as well (going back into 1990s administrations of some tests). Comparison across time is now added to comparisons of subject, grade level, economic status, race, gender, and ethnicity. More	New tools permit custom analysis of educational attainment results By Mike Alberti \| Education Most recent U.S. Dept. of Education data made "slice-able" by grade, subject, and demographic variables. More
New interactive tool puts tax rates into historical context By Mike Alberti \| Taxes As Tax Day looms — and as President and GOP compete to reduce tax rates — an interactive tool helps make clear who has had to pay what throughout the entire post- World War II period. More	"Good" jobs to be had in big-growth occupations? By Mike Alberti \| Employment Projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show 44 occupations that will grow by 100,000 or more jobs. Seven of the top 10 pay under $35,000. More

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