Commentary: COVID-19 countermeasures receive broad immunity

Kathleen M. Loucks May 18, 2020

What does immunity from liability mean?

$2 billion bonding bill clears House panel

Brian Johnson May 13, 2020

Minnesota House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, shown in an April 14 file photo, has sought to block Gov. Tim Walz’s proposal to borrow money for public construction projects until the Democratic governor ends his COVID-19 emergency powers. (AP file photo: Jim Mone)

A $2 billion bonding bill advanced in the Minnesota House on Tuesday despite opposition from critics.

Breaking the Ice: Virus next chapter of commercial, insurance litigation

Todd Nelson May 13, 2020

Elizabeth Kniffen, partner in Zelle’s Minneapolis office, deals with disputes involving everything from damaged pears to massive tunnel boring machines.

Budget-cutting special session looms at Capitol

Kevin Featherly May 11, 2020

State economic consultant IHS Markit predicts a three-quarter economic recession marked by a 5.4% drop-off in national gross domestic product. (Image: Minnesota Management and Budget)

Governor says prospect is ‘more than likely’.

Corrections confronts COVID-19

Kevin Featherly May 7, 2020

At the Willow River boot camp facility, 47 inmates have tested positive while seven were presumed ill with the virus. (Photo courtesy of Department of Corrections)

House panel OKs more release authority; judge issues order.

Capitol Retort: Judicial challenge, Barr the door, take me out

Kevin Featherly May 7, 2020

Attorney General William Barr last week ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to identify coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments “that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.” In this photo, Barr he speaks April 1 about the coronavirus in the White House press briefing room. (AP photo)

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

Q&A: Schnell steps up pandemic early releases

Kevin Featherly May 1, 2020

Since expediting work releases to help with social distancing in the state’s prisons, Paul Schnell’s Corrections Department has allow 26 inmates with up to 90 days remaining on their prisons terms to leave early. In this photo, Schnell appears at a Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission hearing in February 2019. (File photo: Kevin Featherly)

Lino Lakes joins list of prisons with COVID cases.

Hiring freeze, 4-month judge vacancies OK’d

Kevin Featherly May 1, 2020

Hennepin County District Court Judge Lois Regnier Conroy last week voted against both a Judicial Branch hiring freeze and a four-month mandatory vacancy for open judicial posts. Both went into effect on Monday. (Image courtesy of Minnesota Judicial Branch)

Judicial Council’s moves aim to prevent layoffs.

Capitol Retort: Budget cuts, direct injection, Great MN Stay Apart

Kevin Featherly April 30, 2020

Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens as President Donald Trump speaks Thursday in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP photo)

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

Bar Buzz: Court expands divorce self-help

Kevin Featherly April 29, 2020

All divorce types now covered by ‘Guide & File.’

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