Judicial Watch Sues Minnesota Governor Over School Security Funding Records

From The National Catholic Register:

A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, claiming state officials failed to respond to a public records request seeking documents about school security funding and whether nonpublic schools were considered for state safety programs.

Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., submitted its records request to the governor’s office on Aug. 28, 2025, one day after a gunman opened fire during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. The attack killed two children, ages 8 and 10, and wounded 17 others.

According to Michael Bekesha, a senior attorney at Judicial Watch, the lawsuit was prompted by both the Annunciation School shooting in Minneapolis and the history of unaddressed appeals from school leaders.

“Essentially, that day and the day after, it became known that there was a repeated effort to seek additional funding for schools, and they never received the security funding,” Bekesha told the Register. “And so the question is, why?”

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