Minnesota Departments and Agencies
MN Attorney General's Office
This is a VERY GOOD SITE!!  I have found it useful for looking up information on charities that operate in MN as well as for finding out more information on various proposals that the AG has talked about regarding privacy issues, etc., as well as information on the health care investigations.

MN Secretary of State
This is also a VERY GOOD SITE!!
You can learn a great deal of information from this site about voting, registering to vote, and can even find out the voting results for the state, your district, county and your city as the results are coming in on election night.

MN Dept. of Education
You can find all kinds of information out at this site regarding the public school systems in this state.  There's information here on school financing as well.  Check it out!





MN Dept of Revenue
There's lots of information on this site for finding out much more about the Governor's budget proposals, property taxes, and much more.

MN Dept. of Finance
One of the sites that's good for looking up financial information for the state.

MN Dept of Natural Resources (DNR)

MN Dept. of Transportation
You can find out information about transportation issues and road conditions from this site, and more.

MNDOT - Dist. 3 site
(St. Cloud/Brainerd Area)

MN Dept of Public Safety
Information here about emergency Management, CrimNET, and more...

MN Dept. of Corrections

Level Three Predatory
Offender Locator

MN Guidebook to State Agency Services
The guidebook, known electronically as the State of Minnesota Yellow Pages Directory, includes addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and leadership information for 205 executive, legislative and judicial branch agencies and 225 "advisory" agencies which provide citizen input and professional expertise to the governing process.

MN Board of Water and Soil Resources
(BWSR)  Helping Minnesota's local governments manage and conserve our irreplaceable water and soil resources.

www.MaximumStrengthHealthCare.com
  This is the website for the special Health Cabinet which  will focus the efforts of state government in containing health-care costs and improving health care.







MN Association of Townships
Learn a bit more about township Government.  To little is known about this form of grassroots government by the average person whether living in a township or not. 

National Association of Towns & Townships

Association of MN Counties

National Assoc. of Secretaries of State
I used this site during the 2000 elections to try to find out more about election laws, etc. and more about election law reform.

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!





MN Pollution Control Agency

MN Office of Environmental Assistance

MN Dept of Agriculture

MN Dept of Commerce



MN Dept of Veterans Affairs

MN Dept of Administration

Communications Media Home Page

MN Dept of Human Services

MN Dept of Labor and Industry
There's information here about MN labor laws.

MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development   (DEED)

MN Dept of Health

Women's Right to Know Act
This page of the MN Dept. of Health contains information on this Act, the 24 hour waiting period enacted in the 2003 session.

MN Dept of Employee Relations
(DOER)

MN Planning Site

MN Dept of Human Rights

MN Historical Society

MN Campaign Finance Board
This site has improved a lot for giving information on who's getting what from where.  It also gives the rules candidates have to follow.



MN Public Utilities Commission

Benton Soil & Water Conservation District

Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation District

Stearns Soil & Water Conservation District

MN Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts  Has a listing of all SWCD's in MN.  MASWCD is a nonprofit organization which exists to provide a common voice for Minnesota's soil and water conservation districts



Minnesota Veteran One Stop Website
This website was developed to provide Minnesota Veterans, their families and employers a one stop location for information or links available for veterans.







MN State Legislature

MN House Home page

About the MN House

MN Senate Home Page

Guide to the MN Senate

Natl. Conference of State Legislatures
Internet sites of the State Legislatures

National Governors Association
Other sites of Interest:
= an especially good site
Welcome to
Joan on Government

Information on Minnesota Government and Issues
... for Central Minnesotans