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Committee chair sets Feb. 27 meeting at Edina middle school
Read More »Gun bills will get hearing at Edina middle school
Bar Buzz: SCOTUS loss could cost $1.29M
The Secretary of State’s office is asking for more than $1 million to pay off legal fees it owes after losing a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year. The proposed one-time, $1.29 million expense is tucked deep in Gov. Tim ...
Read More »Bar Buzz: Knapp to lead Mitchell Hamline on interim basis
Peter Knapp will spend a year as interim president and dean at Mitchell Hamline School of Law during the search for Mark Gordon’s replacement. Gordon, who oversaw the merger of William Mitchell College of Law and the Hamline University School ...
Read More »Capitol Retort: Probation cap, emergency, high heater
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
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Read More »In the Hopper: Judges’ pay; gang data; prison segregation
The Minnesota Judicial Branch and the Minnesota District Judges Association offered lawmakers competing judge pay-raise requests on Feb. 13.
Read More »Carlos Mariani to sentencing panel: ‘Fulfill duty’
In rare direct appeal, House chair urges commission to tackle probation reform
Read More »Bills tackle probation duration, disparities
Measures at the heart of House committee’s ‘probation week’
Read More »Capitol Retort: Workers’ wish, Barr confirmed, Super Bore
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
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Read More »Bill would change ‘severe or pervasive’ standard
However, more GOP House members skeptical this year
Read More »In the Hopper: DWI omnibus; single-subject amendment; moving on
The Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 6 heard three bills that likely will become part of a larger Senate DWI omnibus package.
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