A look at Title 42 and the potential impact of the Supreme Court's ruling on the case.
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Religious abortion-rights supporters are using religious freedom laws to protect access to abortion and defend their beliefs.
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Attorney General Keith Ellison charged a former Minneapolis police officer Wednesday with beating a man during protests over George Floyd’s death.
Read More »Minnesota environmental reviews now include climate impact
Minnesota environmental regulators are now requiring developers to calculate projects’ effects on the climate.
Read More »Democrats to wield power when Legislature convenes
A closer look at what's ahead when the Minnesota Legislature convenes Jan. 3 with Democrats controlling both houses for the first time in eight years.
Read More »What most diverse Legislature means for policy
Some of the newest members of Minnesota’s most diverse Legislature to date say they plan to use their history-making elections to pass policies that would protect the minority communities they represent.
Read More »Supreme Court asked to bar punishment for acquitted conduct
In courtrooms across America, defendants get additional prison time for crimes that juries found they didn’t commit. The Supreme Court is being asked, again, to put an end to the practice.
Read More »Biden signs bill forcing bureau to fix prison cameras
President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras after rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths.
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now
Tuesday’s ruling preserves a major Trump-era policy that was scheduled to expire under a judge’s order on Dec. 21.
Read More »Massachusetts court rules against assisted death
The highest court in Massachusetts ruled that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution.
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