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Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 14: The Most Underrated Issue Facing Minnesota

Watch the fourteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Upper Midwest Law Center attorney James Dickey discusses one of Minnesota’s most underrated issues: Government Transparency. Recently, UMLC filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and Commissioner Steve Grove on behalf of Journalist Tony Webster over DEED’s failure to provide Mr. Webster answers to data requests.

Minnesota Law Weekly is produced in collaboration with Alpha News. You can also listen to the show on Apple Podcasts.

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