State Government Topics Governor's Office -- Includes news releases, speeches, appointments, and other useful information. Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services -- A comprehensive guidebook to Minnesota state government. The electronic version is the State of Minnesota Yellow Pages Directory. Minnesota Legislative Districts -- Detailed demographic information by legislative district compiled from the 2000 census data. Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book). Minnesota North Star -- The official Minnesota state government site includes information about the state and a link to one-stop shopping for Minnesota Government offices. Minnesota State Budget. Minnesota State Court System. Minnesota State Government Series -- Provides an overview of Minnesota government including the three branches of government, a state profile, state symbols, counties, congressional delegation, state lawmakers, state law process, and other legislative information. Minnesota State Legislature. Minnesota State Register -- Publication includes proposed and adopted rules, official notices, contracts, and state grants and loans. Minnesota White Pages -- Phone numbers and e-mail addresses for Minnesota government employees. State Government Hiring Freeze (2002-03) -- A guide compiled by the staff of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. State of Minnesota Yellow Pages Directory -- Contact and background information for Minnesota state government listed alphabetically by agency. The print version of this information is the Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services. Minnesota 9-1-1 System - Minnesota Statewide 911 Program Internet Sites/Directories GeoGateway -- Geographic information about Minnesota and neighboring regions. KeepItLocal.com -- Directory links to over 42,000 indexed Minnesota pages which can be limited by city, region, or statewide. LawMoose! -- Information on the Minnesota legal community and institutions. MinnesotaHelp.info -- A directory of Minnesota community services. Minnesota Internet Sites -- By category from Yahoo. The Minnesota Page -- Scroll down to the index for links to numerous Web sites with a wide variety of information about Minnesota. Minnesota Web Directory -- Metronet's list of Minnesota Web sites by category, including the Minnesota Web Directory-Government. Statistics and Facts Community Profiles (MNPRO) -- Minnesota community information from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Datanet - Summarized statisitical information related to Minnesota's children, health, land use, criminal justice, and demographics. Data Resources -- A variety of statistics on Minnesota demographics, criminal justice, growth and development, and much more. Minnesota Author Biographies Project -- Biographical sketches and bibliographies of MN authors, a project of the MN Historical Society, Metronet, and the MN Center for the Book. Minnesota Death Certificates -- Currently covers the years from 1906-1996. Minnesota Milestones Publications -- The reports track 70 progress indicators to determine whether the state has moved closer to 19 goals for Minnesota's people, economy, community life, government, and environment. Minnesota Place Names -- Provides the historical source for the names of counties, cities, towns, villages, lakes, and streams in Minnesota. MinnStats -- Produced by the Economic Resource Group, an informal organization of state research managers, this site contains a variety of current and historical socio-economic data on Minnesota. State Demographic Center -- A variety of demographic statistics for Minnesota. Stateline.org -- A Web site that covers news in the 50 states. Provides access to top Minnesota stories as well as compilations of stories by topic across the states. Visual Resources Database -- Digital versions of many of the Minnesota Historical Society's photographs, artwork, and posters. Governor and State Officials Constitutional officers and legislators elected by the people. A constitutional office is established by the state constitution. more State Agencies State Agencies are in the executive branch of government. Also included in this listing are state boards, commissions, councils, committees, ombudsmen offices, and task forces. more Cabinet Level Departments These are the departments with a commissioner appointed by the governor. more Tribal Government In Minnesota, there are seven Anishinaabe (Chippewa, Ojibwe) reservations and four Dakota (Sioux) communities. Find links to the web sites of those communities that have web sites. Also included are links to other valuable resources. more State Supported Communities The state, federal and many local governments provide some support to various public and non-profit institutions. The actual online service may or may not be supported directly with public funds. more Participate in Government Links for learning about and participating in your government. more Online Services Minnesota government online. Find links to online licensing, programs, forms, databases, vital records and more. more Courts Welcome to the Minnesota State Court System. The court system is responsible for interpreting the laws and cases that are brought before it. Find information on rules, opinions, information about the court system and much more. more Education Find links to Minnesotas' public and private schools, colleges and universities. more Federal Government The American system of government is established by the United States Constitution, which provides for three separate but equal branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial. Together, these branches make, execute and interpret the laws that govern our country. more Laws and Rules Minnesota, Federal and other states' laws and rules. Also included is a link to other resources such as Native American tribal codes. more Legislature The legislative branch is responsible for enacting laws in Minnesota. Minnesota has a bicameral legislature. more Local Government Find city, county and township web sites. Also included are links to other local government organizations. more State Budget & Taxes Find information on state of Minnesota finances including budget and tax information. more Voting and Elections Information on Minnesota's political parties, voting and redistricting. more