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LOCALGOVLEDGER

Local governments make public meeting records hard to find. We put them in one place.

LocalGov Ledger is a free, independent, searchable archive of local government records, starting in Minnesota. It brings together agendas, packets, minutes, video and transcripts, along with who funds local officials' campaigns and what the news has reported about them, so residents, journalists and researchers can see what was discussed, what was decided, and who was involved. Every record links back to where the government posted it.

Find your local government data

Start here

We're starting in Minnesota and adding governments as volunteers build out their pages. See the complete list of what's covered so far.

Washington County

County Board meetings back to 2020: agendas, packets, minutes, video and transcripts, plus commissioners' campaign donors and financial disclosures.

Open Washington County

City of Woodbury

City Council meetings and workshops from 2020 on, with video, minutes and topics, plus every campaign finance report the city has posted since 2020.

Open City of Woodbury

This is a volunteer project

LocalGov Ledger is built and maintained by volunteers — no government funding, no ads, no paywall. We're actively looking for more volunteers to build out pages for new governments and to review and edit the records we already have. No special skills needed; every task tells you exactly where to click.

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How you can help

Much of this archive is built by volunteers. You don't need special skills. Every task says exactly where to click, and you earn points and badges for approved work.

Add a file you found

Found an agenda, minutes, a campaign report or any public document? Upload it with the link where you found it. You don't need to know where it goes; we'll help sort it.

Add a file

Take a help request

Step-by-step tasks with every link you need, like downloading a set of campaign finance reports. Most take 5 to 35 minutes.

See help requests

Fill a missing record

Each government page has a Wanted list of missing agendas, minutes and videos. Claim one, find it on the government's site, and upload it.

Open a Wanted list

Help sort files

Look at files other people uploaded and say which government, meeting or person each one belongs to. Sign in to start.

Sort files

Tip: helping is easiest on a laptop or desktop computer. Downloading and uploading files on a phone is hard. Reading and searching the archive works fine on any device.

Three rules for contributors

  1. Public records only. Everything here was already posted by a government or filed with one.
  2. Always include the link. Every file needs the web address where you found it, so anyone can check it.
  3. Records, not opinions. Send documents as they are. No labels, commentary or conclusions about anyone.

What happens to what you send

1

You upload

A file plus the link where you found it.

2

It gets checked

The file is scanned, read by AI to confirm what it is, then reviewed by a person.

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It goes public

Approved records appear on the right government, meeting or person page, linked to the original source. Your points are added.

Want the full story? Read how the Ledger works or see the top contributors.