CivicLoon, a civic-engagement app created by Lakeville-area developer Colin Lee, uses artificial intelligence to convert Minnesota legislative materials into plain language and translate them into more than 30 languages.

The app aggregates bill text and news coverage to produce short, readable summaries intended to make legislative activity accessible to voters as the session nears its final month. Lee, who works as a principal mobile architect at a Texas-based AI company and previously ran for state office, built the prototype largely on weekends over roughly three weeks.