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<dd><a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/state_register/">State Register</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <dl> <dt class="text-white">Other Legal Materials</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/constitution/">Minnesota Constitution</a></dd> <dd><a href="https://www.lrl.mn.gov/mngov/constitutionalamendments.aspx">State Constitutional Amendments</a></dd> <dd><a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/court_rules/">Court Rules</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <li class="nav-item"> <a aria-controls="multimediaExternalContent" aria-expanded="false" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-parent="#top-nav" data-toggle="collapse" href="#multimediaExternalContent">Multimedia</a> </li> <div class="dropdown collapse navbar-nav-collapse" id="multimediaExternalContent"> <div class="bg-dark"> <div class="container px-3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col nav-header"><a href="https://www.leg.mn.gov/leg/multimedia">Multimedia — Audio, Video, Broadcast TV, 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