Minnesota Lawyer

Several GOP activists and political groups are suing four Minnesota county attorneys out of fear they will be prosecuted if they exercise their free-speech rights during the 2020 election.

Jenny Starr, a Department of Revenue assistant commissioner, has been named the new chief administrative law judge at the state Office of Administrative Hearings.

An Iraqi refugee in immigration custody for two years at a Sherburne County jail has been ordered released—again.

Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, said the House will meet in Winona and surrounding communities over three days next fall, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4.

Regulating police drones was the lone topic during a joint House-Senate Data Practices Subcommittee hearing, the first since the once-defunct panel got reconstituted in June.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

The Minnesota County Attorneys Association partially succeeded in getting their case for increased child-porn penalties reopened by the state’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission last week. But, at least for now, they have lost.

RFP seeks replacement vendor after online document-delivery project fails.

The group will have a new face at the Capitol.

County attorneys lobby before sentencing panel sets rankings.