Project Info
- Users' URL
- http://codeformiami.org/legislature-tracker/#categories
- Developers' URL
- https://github.com/Code-for-Miami/legislature-tracker
- Stage
- Commenting: Initial status for project, it's an idea people are commenting on
- README
An application to keep track of what is going on in a state legislature. Using editorial expertise and the Sunlight Lab's Open States API, this application creates a curated view of what is going on in a state's legislature session.
It combines data from Open States and editorial data collected with Google Docs. You can see some examples at minnpost.github.io/legislature-tracker and see it in production on MinnPost.
Project Activity
Technology for What Ails Us: CODE FOR MIAMI IS HELPING HACK THROUGH MIAMI’S IMPENETRABLE BUREAUCRACY
Code for Miami participants offer subjective interpretations for engagement. On one screen, FL Legislature Tracker is a sleek interface, offering updates on all aspects of political decision-making.
Read the full article on www.biscaynetimes.com »Published on , shared by Ernie Hsiung on
An Episode in Civic Hacking: Florida Bill Tracker
Read the full article on www.codeforamerica.org »Before I knew it, the Florida bill tracker had shifted from some faint idea to a work in progress in a matter of minutes. I met Cristina Solana (with Ernie’s help) and we began brainstorming. We synced our surprisingly already similar ideas (she also wanted to work on something legislature specific) and began “forking†or re-purposing Alan’s code.
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