Minnesota Lawyer

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment ...

Lawmakers need to take action to overhaul how police respond to sexual assault cases, a panel convened by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson recommended Tuesday. ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at New York Democrats over their efforts to shut down his charitable foundation. Trump tweeted that ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A new Louisiana law taking effect in March aimed at restoring voting rights to some former felons still under supervision may ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas has agreed to pay $1.1 million to a man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of ...

WASHINGTON — The unexpected delay in Michael Flynn’s sentencing raised a new wrinkle in the Russia probe. The former national security adviser, who pleaded guilty ...

Minnesota Gov.-elect Tim Walz named a former speaker of the Minnesota House as his transportation commissioner Tuesday and kept the budget chief who serves the ...

OZARKS, Mo. — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie “Bambi” as part of his sentence in a scheme to illegally ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s system of public defenders for indigent people is so flawed it can’t guarantee clients are getting the defense they’re owed, according ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — A federal judge rejected a lawsuit Thursday by a Republican incumbent from Maine who lost the nation’s first congressional election held under ...