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Minnesota Government Data Practices Act

The law requiring that a responsible authority may allow another responsible authority access to data classified as not public only when that access is authorized or required by state statute or federal law

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Jan 25, 2026
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How can researchers obtain ethnicity- or ancestry-specific mortality data from the Minnesota Department of Health?

Researchers seeking ethnicity- or ancestry-specific mortality data from the Department of Health (MDH) should first exhaust the agency’s public dashboards and downloadable mortality tables, then pursu...

Feb 1, 2026

What legal rules govern state access to federal evidence in deaths involving federal officers in Minnesota?

law limits sharing of non‑public government data and allows access between responsible authorities only when authorized by statute or federal law, meaning cannot automatically obtain federal case mate...