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Legal advocates were back in federal court in Minneapolis today, asking a judge to order better access to lawyers for people detained at the Whipple federal building.
And State Senator John Hoffman recently authored two bills that increase criminal penalties for people who impersonate a police officer and also require any former law enforcement vehicle sold to be stripped of all law enforcement insignias.
A memorial service will be held Friday in White Bear Lake for a fallen soldier killed earlier this month in Kuwait. And 11 former military lawyers are challenging the Justice Department’s assignment of active duty military attorneys as federal prosecutors.
Leaders at St. Paul's Academia Cesar Chavez charter school say they're profoundly concerned about recent reports that Chavez sexually assaulted women and girls.
And Democratic secretaries of state are urging Congress to block an elections bill they say could prevent millions of eligible voters from casting a ballot.
An immigration judge has ruled against the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to the family’s Minneapolis lawyer. The 5-year-old boy from Columbia Heights received national attention after he was detained by U.S. immigration authorities and sent to Texas along with his father.
President Trump’s nominee to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security says he regrets comments he made about Alex Pretti after Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January. In the immediate wake of that shooting -- Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had called Pretti a deranged individual who had come to cause, “max damage.” A bill to ban non-disclosure agreements around proposed data centers passed a state senate committee yesterday with bipartisan support.
A health system in Northern California plans to acquire Minnesota-based Allina Health. Sutter Health and Allina Health announced Tuesday that they signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine into a $26 billion nonprofit system.
Lawmakers in the tied Minnesota House of Representatives are considering shaking up the number of state legislators to avoid future ties.
And Gov. Tim Walz is asking lawmakers to approve a new tax on social media companies as part of his supplemental budget plan.
More than two dozen school districts across southern Minnesota are delaying the start of classes Tuesday morning as driving conditions remain hazardous following Sunday’s blizzard.
Snow continues to blow this morning for parts of Minnesota, making road conditions hazardous after the weekend winter storm. Rochester got walloped with snow. Rochester Public Schools cancelled classes Monday and the city said government buildings will open later than normal.
Snow is forecast to develop across central and southern Minnesota through the day Saturday and intensify Saturday night. Winter storm warnings are in place for the weekend for most of the southern half of the state, including the Twin Cities. A Minnesota Senate Committee Friday approved a bill that bans assault weapons.
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