State of Minnesota

Software Prototypes

Civic data explorations

Functional prototypes built on Minnesota open civic data. Where possible, each prototype loads real data from the originating agency’s public portal.

Statewide Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota Prevailing Wage Portal
Agency: Minnesota Department of Labor & IndustryStatute: Minn. Stat. §§ 177.41–177.44Dummy data

A single statewide system for construction contractors to submit certified payroll reports on public works projects, replacing the fragmented process that currently flows through 2,600+ individual Minnesota local governments. Includes a public wage-rate lookup for all 87 counties, biweekly payroll submission with real-time validation, and a DLI compliance dashboard.

Wage Rate LookupCertified Payroll SubmissionCompliance MonitoringAdmin Dashboard
Minnesota Residential Construction
Source: Census Building Permits Survey + ACLFCoverage: All 87 Minnesota countiesLive public data

Interactive maps of new housing units permitted across Minnesota, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey and the Address Count Listing File. Compare permit volume and net housing-unit change across counties, places, and tracts, with period and metric toggles to isolate specific vintages.

Statewide ChoroplethCounty ComparisonsPeriod ToggleMetric Toggle
Minnesota Affordable Housing at Risk
Source: HUD LIHTC database + state QAPsCoverage: All LIHTC properties in MinnesotaLive public data

Track Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) affordability covenants that are approaching expiration across Minnesota. Maps every LIHTC property in the state, flags those whose use restrictions expire within a configurable window, and links to the underlying HUD record. Useful for policymakers and preservation organizations planning for covenant turnover.

Property MapExpiration TimelineRisk FilteringProperty Detail
Minnesota Statewide Contracts Search
Agency: Minnesota Department of Administration – Office of State ProcurementCoverage: All active statewide cooperative contractsLive public data

Centralized search for Minnesota's statewide cooperative contracts administered by the Office of State Procurement (OSP). These umbrella agreements let state agencies and CPV members buy goods and services under pre-negotiated terms. Search by release number, title, vendor, or buyer.

Release SearchVendor LookupBuyer LookupDocument Links
Minnesota Budget Explorer
Source: Minnesota Management and BudgetCoverage: Adopted budgets and actualsPublic budget data

Explore Minnesota expense and revenue data from official MMB budget publications. Drill from statewide totals into bill areas, agencies, funds, programs, and budget codes, compare budget years side by side, and review adopted spending against actual execution.

Budget DrilldownBudget ComparisonFiscal HistoryAdopted vs Actual
Minnesota Open Payroll
Source: Minnesota Management and Budget – SEMA4Coverage: FY2011 – FY2025, all state agenciesLive public data

Explore compensation for every Minnesota state employee across 15 fiscal years. Drill from agency-level rollups into divisions, positions, and individual employees; compare wage breakdowns (regular, overtime, other); and filter by salary distribution. Built on MMB's published HR and earnings files.

Agency DrilldownSalary DistributionTop EarnersEmployee SearchMulti-Year History
Minnesota 2026 Session Laws – Software Opportunities
Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of StatutesCoverage: All 92 chapters (40–131)Live public data

Per-chapter scan of every bill signed into law by the 94th Minnesota Legislature. Each chapter is summarized, mapped to its implementing state agency, and scored as a Concourse software-development opportunity (Headline, Strong, Moderate, Minor, or None). Filter by opportunity tier, search the full text, or narrow to a single agency.

Bill BrowserAgency FilterOpportunity TiersTier SectionsCross-Cutting Summary
St. Paul Approved Building Permits
Source: information.stpaul.govCoverage: 2015 to presentLive public data

Explore residential new-construction building permits issued by the City of St. Paul since 2015, mapped by planning district and broken down by dwelling type. Data is pulled live from the St. Paul Open Information portal.

District Council MapMonthly Permit VolumeDwelling Type BreakdownProject Valuation Totals
St. Paul Housing Unit Changes (Census ACLF)
Source: Census Address Count Listing File (ACLF)Coverage: 2020 Census & post-census vintagesLive public data

Interactive maps of net housing-unit changes across St. Paul at Census tract, block-group, and block granularity. Toggle between time periods and display metrics (net change, percent change, unit additions, demolitions) to see how residential building stock has shifted between Census vintages. ACLF counts cover all housing units — occupied, vacant, and seasonal.

Tract / Block Group / BlockPeriod ToggleMetric ToggleChoropleth Map
Minneapolis Pothole Dashboard
Source: opendata.minneapolismn.govCoverage: 2015 to presentLive public data

Track pothole 311 complaints and repair performance across Minneapolis' 13 City Council Wards. Includes map view, citywide repair SLAs, neighborhood equity scoreboard, priority queue, and repeat-offender hotspots. Data pulled from OpenDataMPLS Public 311 and aggregated with ACS 2019-2023 block-group estimates.

Map View & HeatmapPerformance DashboardNeighborhood ScoreboardPriority QueueRepeat Offenders

Prototype Notice

These are functional prototypes built for demonstration. They are not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of St. Paul, the City of Minneapolis, or the State of Minnesota. All data shown is sourced directly from publicly accessible open-data portals.