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MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT LINKS |
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Descriptions of the Links
This site gives access to a directory of the legislators of Minnesota, to the bills before the Minnesota Legislature, to the Statutes of Minnesota, and to the executive regulations of the state. See below for direct links.
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
This interface searches a subset of the library catalog at the Legislative Reference Library in St. Paul. The subset that it searches consists of Minnesota state documents that are in an online, electronic format. All state documents since 2004 have been made available electronically through this interface.
http://lrl.mnpals.net/F?func=file&file_name=basic&local_base=lrl_ed
The current laws of Minnesota codified by the revisor of statutes.
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.htm
The current regulations from the executive branch of Minnesota codified by the revisor of statutes. For the most recent year's changes, check in the State Register.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/
Opinions from the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Searchable.
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/resources/resourcesattgenopinion.asp
Links to web pages from Minnesota courts. They are collected by the Law Library at the University of Minnesota.
http://local.law.umn.edu/library/MN-web.html#MNJudicial
A good directory to Minnesota Government Offices arranged by agency.
http://www.state.mn.us/govtoffice/index.html
This directory is called "Links to the World," but it is primarily a directory of links to sites relevant to Minnesota State government, politics, and society. It is maintained by the staff at the legislative Reference Library.
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/links/links.asp
The Minnesota State Demographic Center analyzes and distributes data from state, U.S. Census Bureau and other sources.
http://www.demography.state.mn.us/
The Facts and Figures page for the state agency that tries to encourage business location and development in Minnesota. Lots of economic statistics on the state, including their reference book, Compare Minnesota, in PDF format.
http://www.deed.state.mn.us/FactsandFigures.htm
This website is a social indicators project that measures progress in our state, its seven regions, 87 counties and larger cities. Compass tracks trends in topic areas such as education, economy and workforce, health, housing, public safety, and a host of others.
http://www.mncompass.org/index.php
This site has available for download data related to Minnesota Education. This includes staff data, financing, district statistics, and test scores, such as MCA-II.
http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Data/Data_Downloads/index.html