The Open States API is arguably the most important part of the project after the scrapers. The API was launched in 2010 and now sees millions of requests a week.

More Ways to Get State Legislative Data

The Open States API has been putting legislative data in people’s hands since 2010. In…

Introducing the new openstates.org

Just over a year ago, we gave a preview of some work that team member Olivia Cheng was working on…

As the Sunlight Foundation announced today, Open States is going to be passed along to us, a group of Sunlight alumni, with the goal of turning it into an independent, self-sustaining project.

We’re excited to announce that Open States has been accepted as a participating organization in Google Summer of Code 2018!

Last year we had Hitesh Garg help us break ground on a brand new data admin tool. We’re excited to have the…

I’m finally wrapping up my Google Summer of Code project. It was a very successful journey, and I’m extremely happy that I got to work with an organization like Open States. I would like to thank my mentors Miles and…

The current Open States website has served us well. It’s a crucial gateway for citizens to track, search, and learn about their representatives and bills, and receives hundreds of thousands of hits per month when legislatures are in session.