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Foes of Minnesota voter ID push decry question wording
Groups opposed to a proposed constitutional amendment to require photo IDs for voting argued Monday to Minnesota’s highest court that allowing the ballot question to move forward would set up a “voter beware” choice.
Read More »Right-to-die activists face Minnesota charges
Members of a national right-to-die group have been booked and released in Dakota County where they face criminal charges in the death of an Apple Valley woman.
Read More »Across the Region – July 2
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Read More »British court blocks sex criminal’s removal to US
Britain's High Court on Thursday blocked a U.S. government bid to extradite a sex criminal to Minnesota, saying the state's restrictive treatment program for sex offenders was far too draconian.
Read More »Across the Region – June 25
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Read More »Teen convicted of shooting at 2 Mpls officers
A jury has convicted a 19-year-old man of shooting at two Minneapolis police officers who were sitting in their squad car. Malo Gomez was convicted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
Read More »Jamaican DJ in court for fleeing drug trial
A popular Jamaican deejay who fled the U.S. to avoid a trial a decade ago on a drug charge has made his first court appearance in the Minnesota case since being re-arrested.
Read More »Appeals court allows cell tower near BWCA
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled last week that AT&T Mobility LLC can build a 450-foot cellphone tower with flashing lights that would be visible within parts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, overturning a lower court’s finding that the environmental impact of the tower would be detrimental.
Read More »Across the Region – June 18
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