With the March celebration of National Women's History Month, it is a good time to take a look at feminism through the decades. The Library offers a mixture of new and classic titles exploring the issues that have challenged women in America.

Federal Budget Online

Citizens wanting to learn more about President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget can browse an authenticated copy via the government’s federal digital system. Along with the budget, there are three other budget volumes of interest:

• The Appendix;
• Analytic Perspectives;
• and Historical Tables.

Read Michigan Governor’s Budget

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s proposed executive budget for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 is available at the State Budget Office’s website, along with other budget documents.

In anticipation of the planned February 17 release of the state budget, readers may want to take a look at Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s 2011 Citizen’s Guide to Michigan’s Financial Health. The 25-page report takes a look at how the state spends the public’s dollars, the state’s fiscal health and the key demographic and economic trends that have emerged in Michigan.

The federal government has released a final report on the causes of the economic and financial crisis of 2007-2010. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report was written by the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis of the United States. President Obama created the commission in May 2009 and the ten-member bipartisan commission reviewed millions of documents, interviewed 700 persons and held 19 days of public hearings across the country. The 662-page report includes the commission’s conclusions and 126 pages of dissenting views.