{"params":[ { "name":"v:project" , "value":"mn-gov" } , { "name":"v:sources" , "value":"mn-deaf-rights-live" } ,],"boost":{},"list":[ { "document":{ "filetypes":"html" , "url":"https://mn.gov/deaf-rights/search/" , "rank":"0" , "source":"mn-deaf-rights-content-live" , "score":"0.111111" , "truncated-url":"https://mn.gov/deaf-rights/search/" , "context":"https://search.wcm.mnit.mn.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_kFO84D&v%3astate=%28root%29%7croot&v%3aframe=tree&subquery=id%3aNdoc0&active%3d=root&v%3asubsearch=1&" }, "filetype":"html" , "size":"23923" , "language":"english" , "title":"Search Page / Deaf Rights Minnesota" , "pageid":"tcm:1097-60200-64" , "description":"Search Page" , "dc.title":"Search Page" , "dc.description":"Search Page" , "dc.created":"2025-02-28T16:56:48.4900000Z" , "dc.modified":"2025-03-03T22:47:48.2530404Z" , "dc.language":"eng," , "viewport":"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" , "date":"2025-03-03T21:47:48-0600" , "snippet":"Search Page / Deaf Rights Minnesota skip to content Primary navigation Search Help Your search: Search: submit Searching: this website documents all state websites ..." } , { "document":{ "filetypes":"html" , "url":"https://mn.gov/deaf-rights/" , "rank":"1" , "source":"mn-deaf-rights-content-live" , "score":"0.1" , "truncated-url":"https://mn.gov/deaf-rights/" , "context":"https://search.wcm.mnit.mn.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3afile=viv_kFO84D&v%3astate=%28root%29%7croot&v%3aframe=tree&subquery=id%3aNdoc1&active%3d=root&v%3asubsearch=1&" }, "filetype":"html" , "size":"12361" , "language":"english" , "title":"Deaf Rights Resources Minnesota / Deaf Rights Minnesota" , "pageid":"tcm:1097-289563-64" , "description":"The purpose of the Deaf Rights Resources website is to provide a single entry point to Minnesota laws, statutes, rules and regulations that affect the lives of deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people. 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