Minnesota earns ‘F’ for letting legislators hide what’s in their wallets

Minnesota ranks 40th among the 50 states in requiring financial disclosure of its legislators, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity. That makes the state worthy of one of 20 ‘F’ grades the group handed out.

Minnesota scored zero points on 18 of 43 criteria, getting nicked for such things as failing to require legislators to provide descriptions of employers, spouses’ employment, investments and even the names of dependents.

At the other end of the Mississippi River, Louisiana leapfrogged from the country’s 44th-worst state for legislative disclosure to the best in the nation.