Minnesota Lawyer

A.M. “Sandy” Keith, who died Oct. 3, is believed the first person to serve in all three branches of Minnesota government. He had a long career marked by one of Minnesota’s fieriest political fights and one of its saddest broken political friendships.

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

The newly retired judge who first donned a robe in 1984 never forgot the job is all about people.

Boarding a crowded conservative bandwagon, a state GOP House member is demanding that Attorney General Keith Ellison step in and block distribution of the controversial kidsploitation film “Cuties.”

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed a man’s first-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction after finding the trial court empaneled a biased juror.

The House Select Committee on Racial Justice heard a barrage of messages about the intersection of structural racism and public health last week.

Labeling the state Supreme Court’s Larson v. Gannett defamation decision double jeopardy for journalists, lawyers have petitioned to kick the case upstairs.

The chair of the state’s Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage says she has grown weary of the killing, and said 'we all have to seriously recommit' on solutions.

Cynthia Bauerly, the Minnesota Department of Revenue commissioner, will leave her post next month. She is the third of Gov. Tim Walz’s commissioners to either be fired or walk away since mid-August.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch has restored full functionality to its eFile and eService (eFS) portal after a ransomware attack on a key vendor forced it to partially unplug the system.