(     = especially good site)
Issues and Researh Sites
Legislative Research Sites
The following sites are mostly Legislative Research Sites, some are from the Minnesota House of Representatives - House Research and House Public Information Office.  I have found these sites to be quite useful in following A VARIETY OF ISSUES that are being debated in the MN Legislature.    --  Joan
Legislative Reference Library - MN Issues
Listing of various articles on different issues currently being considered in the Legislature.  EXCELLENT SITE!!!!

Legislative Reference Library
Site from the MN Legislature.

House Research Publication List

House Public Information Office
Information here on new laws, committee information, State and Federal offices, and issues of "Session Weekly", which is the House publication that you can get free from the MN House.  It tells about the legislation being introduced in the House and helps you keep track of where it is at in the process and so much more.  This is an EXCELLENT PUBLICATION!!!

House Research - Issues & Information
Information on State Government Operations and issues including the Open Meeting Law, the Data Practices Act, Unicameral Legislature reports, and the salaries of MN State Elected Officials.

House Fiscal Analysis - Committee Detail
This site has reports on a variety of issues being dealt with in committees in the House of Representatives, including education funding issues.  Also and excellent site.

House Fiscal Analysis Home Page

Minnesota Resources
New materials from the Legislative Reference Library.

MN Statutes, Session Laws & Rules
From this site you can look up any of the statutes and laws that have been passed in Minnesota, as well as administrative rules.  Can look up by statute or chapter numbers or by key phrase.


Northstar - Government Offices List
Northstar is the state of Minnesota's official Website.  This is one of the more useful sections of that site.

Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division
Contains reports on various programs put together by the Legislative Auditor's Office.  They give the legislature information on how fiscally sound various programs are.

Office of the Legislative Auditor
More information dealing with program evaluations.













Links to the World
Links to a wide variety of topics from the Legislative Reference Library.

MN State Colleges and Universities


Minnesota State Constitution
Read the text of our State's Constitution.

U.S. Constitution Online -
Includes links to the definitions of terms within the document

U.S. Constitution - National Archives

Joint Committee on Taxation - U.S. Government
Minnesota Legislative Terms & Definitions
This is a glossary of terms that you hear used quite often when referring to the processes going on at the Minnesota Legislature.  It will help to sort out what  he heck these people are talking about!
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:

Little Rock Lake Association

1,000 friends of MN - Environment

League of Conservation Voters

MN League of Conservation Voters

The MN League of Conservation
Voters Education Fund

National Environmental Services Center

Waterkeeper Alliance

Environmental Working Group

Search the EWG Farm Subsidy Database

U.S. Dept. Of Energy - Wind Energy Program

American Wind Energy Association
"Clean Energy for our Environment and Economy"

American Petroleum Institute- Energy Consumers Site

Minnesota Deer Hunters Association

International Wolf Center - Wolves, their biology,environment and interaction

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/  - from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - on fuel efficient vehicles

U.S. Dept. of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Minnesotans for Responsible Recreation

NORML - Natl. Org. for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Housing Minnesota

Innovative Housing Institute:
Affordable Housing; Inclusionary Zoning

National Low Income Housing Coalition


BIOETHICS -
PRO CHOICE/LIFE ISSUES

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

National Abortion Federation -
the Voice of Abortion Providers

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life

PROLife MINNESOTA
(is now Prolife Across America)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Variety of issues covered on this site including Pro life issues and Priest abuse.

U.S. Catholic Bishops - Pro-Life Activities - stem cell research

Do No Harm - The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics

bioethics.net :
The American Journal of Bioethics

Center for Bioethics -
Philadelphia






Level Three Predatory Offender Locator

GUN CONTROL ISSUES

National Rifle Association

NRA Institute for Legislative Action

NCPA Crime - DOES GUN CONTROL REDUCE CRIME?
From the National Center for Policy Analysis

The Violence Policy Center

Firearms Law Center



The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Sane Guns - A Sane Policy for Gun Control

Million Mom March

Gun Owners of America

NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council



Indian Country Today - The Nation's Leading American Indian News Source



SCSU: American Indian Center

Indian Gaming: Statutes and Compacts

MN Gambling Control Board



TAXES

MN Taxpayers Association
Seems like a non-partisan site.

Citizens for Tax Justice
Biased to the DFL

Taxpayers League of MN
Biased to the GOP

Tax Foundation
Seems biased to GOP



Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce

National Indian Gaming Commission

National American Indian Housing Council

The Circle: Native American News and Arts

American Indian Communities in Minnesota - Health and Human Services Health statistics

American Indian Communities in Minnesota - Table of contents

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe





Taxpayers for Common Sense Action

Minnesota Budget Project - MN Tax Information

MN Budget Project - Wasted Opportunities

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Miscellaneous links

Biblical America Resistance Front (BARF)       U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

   Holocaust Learning Center

INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE   Common Dreams News Center

Liberty and Justice For All - home pg     American Family Association

Promise Keepers       Family Research Council

Unicameral or Bicameral State Legislatures: 
The Policy Debate    

Minnesota NOW Issue Brief:     Federal Election Commission
Unicameral Legislature

National Corn Growers Association  Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN THE U.S.

United States Supreme Court 

American Civil Liberties Union The Nation.com

  Indian Gaming: Statutes and Compacts

MN Statutes 2002, 3.9221 - indian compacts     TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT FOR
CONTROL OF CLASS III VIDEO
GAMES OF CHANCE
ON THE (name of Tribal Community)
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting       RESERVATION IN MINNESOTA


Women's Research and Education Institute   CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Corporate Accountability Project     Growth & Justice

Allied Charities of MN (Charitable Gambling)


Urban Institute    NewsMax.com

National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)     American Legislative Exchange Council

Common Dreams News Center Reported crime data for Minnesota

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK    MN Budget Project - What's New?

Lobbyists with Associations - MN      Minnesota.Info  This site is another one
that is just loaded with links for MN Info.

    Schools for Equity in Education


Project Censored       MN Police Reserve Officers Association
The Primary Objective of Project Censored is to        
explore and publicize the extent of censorship   
in our society by locating stories about significant       MN Chamber of Commerce
issues of which the public should be aware, but is
not, for one reason or another.

The Minnesota Prosperity Project
The site says "The Minnesota Prosperity
Project is a collaborative effort of the business
community to inform and educate our
employees about candidates, issues and
elections."  This site to me appears to be a
project of the MN Chamber of Commerce.


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