NM: Prisoners in New Mexico

If someone you know has been jailed in New Mexico, use today’s State Agency Database Highlight to locate them and see whether they’re still incarcerated:

Offender Information Search The New Mexico Corrections Department Offender Information is intended to provide law enforcement agencies and the general public with information about offenders who are incarcerated or on probation and/or parole supervision. You must know an offender’s first and/or last name or NMCD Number to begin the search process.

The New Mexico page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Timothy Skeers

NV: Meet your telecom needs

If you are moving to or within Nevada and you’re concerned about the availability of broadband internet or other telecommunications services, put your mind at ease with today’s State Agency Database Highlight:

Bureau of Consumer Protection, Nevada Telecommunications Service Database - This is great way to find the telecommunications companies operating in Nevada and what services they offer in various locations. You’ll also find links to the FCC, service definitions, long distance rates, a telecom glossary, the Nevada Public Services Commission, and Universal Service information.

You’ll need to be aware of some acronyms, like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), but this resource is pretty informative and includes contact information for the various telecom companies operating in Nevada.

The Nevada page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Kathryn Etcheverria.

MT: Is this land your land?

If you have property in Montana, but aren’t sure of the exact legal boundaries of your land, today’s State Agency Database Highlight can help:

Montana Cadastral Mapping Project - Montana land ownership information accessible through a parcel search or through browsing a property map. Maintained by the GIS Bureau of the Information Technology Services Division.

The Montana page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Jennie Burroughs.

RI: Criminal Info Database

Besides searching for your family and friends criminal past, you can do some serious research on cases involving infamous public figures in Rhode Island. For example, former Rhode Island mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, aka “The Prince of Providence” who was charged with extortion, black mail, simple assault/battery, and more! Was a charge dismissed? Did he receive jail time? You can find all that information and more at the Rhode Island Adult Criminal Information Database which contains information about criminal defendents searchable by name, document number, type of case, and date range of case. Records include detailed but unofficial case summaries which clearly describe charges made.

The Rhode Island page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Rebecca Blakeley.

MD: How much is that house worth?

Looking to buy property in Maryland? You might want to use today’s State Agency Database Highlight to check out the property values in your prospective neighborhood:

Real Property Data Search - From the website, “You can obtain ownership and value information about every parcel of real property in the State of Maryland (approximately 2,500,000 accounts) from this database, as well as sales of real property.”

The Maryland page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Judy Din.

ME: Hospital Quality

Today’s State Agency Database Highlight can help you choose a hospital in Maine, if you care about adverse outcomes:

HealthWeb of Maine- Database providing customized reporting in the areas of Quality, Terminology, Public Health Data (births, deaths, injuries), Hospital Inpatient Data, Hospital Outpatient Data, and Emergency Department Data. Most queries can be searched and/or sorted by age, gender, region, disease or injury, etc. This set of databases can answer questions like how many women were admitted to emergency rooms for drug poisoning in 2005.

The Maine page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States does not yet have an assigned documents specialist to maintain it. If you would like to be that person and have knowledge of Maine state government information, please drop a line to Daniel Cornwall at dnlcornwall AT alaska DOT net.

LA: Plan a Historical Vacation

Want to mix some history with your upcoming visit to Louisiana? It’s a snap with today’s State Agency Database Highlight:

Louisiana National Register of Historic Places - Search for a historic site in Louisiana by city, parish (county), theme (African-American History, Rice Boom, Local History, etc), level and area of significance, style, architect and property type. Records include historic name, other names, city, parish, date registered, address, documents and pictures when available.

The Louisiana page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Rolanda L. Ridley.

KY: Inmate Lookup

If you think someone you know may be in a Kentucky jail somewhere, today’s State Agency Database Highlight might help you find him or her:

Kentucky Offender Online Lookup (KOOL) - Listing of currently incarcerated prisoners. From the website “Entries and updates to improve accuracy are done daily in order for the public to have the information that current technology and public resources will allow.” Records provide inmate name, crime(s), aliases (when available) and date prisoner entered system.

The Kentucky page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty Statea is maintained by Glen Mcaninch.

KS: Is that Psychologist Licensed?

Are you concerned about a behavioral health specialist not having a valid license? Has your son’s substance abuse counselor been subject to disciplinary action? If you live in Kansas, you can make sure that the mental health professional treating you or a loved one has a valid license. Just use today’s State Agency Database Highlight:

License Verification - Search the BSRB Database by name, license number and/or license type for licensed psychologists, social workers, professional counselors, masters level psychologists, and marriage & family therapists, as well as registered alcohol and drug abuse counselors.

The Kansas page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Bill Sowers.

MO: Show Me How Charities Handle $

If you live in Missouri, you have a tool at your fingertips to help you decide whether to donate to a particular charity. Just use today’s State Agency Database Highlight:

Check a Charity - This database allows users to search for charitable organizations by name to identify its mission, administrative costs, expenses, revenue, and contact information. However, the selected financial information presented in these reports has been taken from information voluntarily filed by the charities. This information has not been independently audited by the Attorney General’s Office, but rather represents self reported figures by the charity.

As it is a self-report, you might want to do some extra checking, but it is a start.

The Missouri page of State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States is maintained by Annie Moots.