Minnesota Open Records

Minnesota laws and court cases

State Statute

Open Government Guide to Minnesota

Letter Generator

Generate an open records request that conforms to Minnesota requirements

Exemptions

Document types exempted from public access.

Contacts

Minnesota Department of Education this link will take you to a site where various state school contact lists can be downloaded.

MN School Contacts here is an example of the type of list you can create using the link above.

Blogs, websites and resources that use open records

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Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MN COGI)

MN COGI Blog

Press

Head to Sunshine Review for the most recent open record updates in Minnesota.

August 12, 2008: Appointees' information is private?

July 11, 2008: Supreme Court case behind Pawlenty's information policy is a 'legal antique'

March 19, 2008: Opinion: March brings with it a sense of optimism and hope for freedom of information

March 18, 2008: Shining a light on government

March 5, 2008: Pioneer Editorial: State needs to keep open records open

March 5, 2008: to Minn.'s open records law stopped by doubts

December 26, 2007: Should state tax breaks be disclosed?

December 10, 2007: SPJ Leaders Call Minnesota Police Department's Administrative Subpoena of Reporter Phone Records

 an Abuse of Public Power

October 28, 2007: OUR VIEW: State needs to get public records online

October 17, 2007: Suit alleges Roder, councilors violated state law

October 17, 2007: Legislation would make records of pesticide use open to public

May 16, 2007: Group wants probe of Education e-mails

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