Data Practices Act News Today

The Supreme Court’s ruling left questions in how the law can be applied and followed.


Hennepin County recently reported that 4,000 women, youth age 18+ or men were turned away from shelter in 2023.

The lawsuit was filed by the families of Okwan Sims, Dolal Idd, Tekle Sundberg, Zachary Shogren and Brent Alsleben.

Under the bill, most people — like journalists and average citizens — would no longer be able to sue for any damages if the government wrongly denies them public records

Board of Regents female majority reflects a growing trend of representation.

Task force member Myron Orfield claims staff made defamatory statements in an effort to silence and intimidate him.

ST. PAUL — House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth is calling for an investigation into allegations raised in court documents that the Minnesota Department of Education engaged in systematic and potentially illegal efforts to evade compliance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act for documents related to the Feeding our Future fraud scandal. The allegations were first reported by

Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 2, 2024.

Once again the University of Minnesota appears to be seeking a president without giving taxpayers a robust list of who is in the running. This skirts the spirit of the

The Metropolitan Governance Task Force has until Feb. 1 to send a proposal to the Legislature about how — or whether — to change how the Met Council is run.