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This week's 50-state ranking: one policy, every state ranked, a new one each Monday.
- State Policy The Liberty Index: All 50 States Ranked (2026) How much does your state leave you alone? A transparent 0β100 index of all 50 states across self-defense law, work and wage rules, state income tax, and education choice β six sourced measures, full methodology and exclusions published, free CSV and JSON.
- Taxes State Income Tax Rates by State (2026) Eight states levy no individual income tax, fifteen apply a single flat rate, and the rest run graduated brackets. Structure and top marginal rate for all 50 states, sourced to the Tax Foundation as of January 2026.
- Elections State Voting Rules Index (2026) How strict are each state's voting rules? A transparent 0β100 index across all 51 jurisdictions, combining voter-ID requirements and absentee access β with the full methodology published.
- Elections Voter ID Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to what voters must present at the polls β which states require photo ID, which request it, and which require no document.
- Elections Mail-in / Absentee Voting Rules by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to voting by mail β which states mail every voter a ballot, which allow no-excuse absentee, and which require a qualifying excuse.
- Second Amendment Concealed Carry & Permitless Carry Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to concealed carry β which states allow permitless (constitutional) carry, which are shall-issue, and which remain restrictive.
- Immigration State Immigration Cooperation Laws by State (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to statewide immigration law β which states limit cooperation with ICE ("sanctuary"), which require it, and which have no statewide law.
- Education School Choice Programs by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to private school choice β which states offer universal ESAs or vouchers, which have limited programs, and which have none.
- Labor & Economy Right-to-Work Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to right-to-work laws β which states bar mandatory union membership or fees, which protect it in their constitution, and which do not.
- Courts & Law How Each State Chooses Its Attorney General (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to the office that brings the lawsuits β which states elect their attorney general, which appoint one and by whom, how long the term runs, and who holds it now.
- Courts & Law Death Penalty by State (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to capital punishment β which states retain the death penalty, which retain it but have paused executions by executive order, and which have abolished it, with the year.
- Labor & Economy Minimum Wage by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to the minimum wage β what workers are actually paid in each state, which 20 states still sit at the federal $7.25 floor, which raise the rate automatically with inflation, and which increases are already scheduled.
- Second Amendment Stand-Your-Ground Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to self-defence law β which states recognise no duty to retreat, which recognise it only through court decisions, and which also shield a defender from being sued.
- Labor & Economy Gasoline Tax by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to what you actually pay at the pump β every state's gas tax in cents per gallon, its national rank, the diesel rate, and the federal 18.4 cents added on top.
- Labor & Economy Unemployment Rate by State (September 2026) Every state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ranked from lowest to highest, with the change over the past month and the past year. Updated monthly.