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The rights of conservative students, controversial pundit Ben Shapiro and event co-sponsors were not violated when University of Minnesota officials agreed that Shapiro’s 2018 speech would be hosted on the St. Paul campus, a federal judge ruled last week.

Justices preserve an injunction against a law limiting how many disabled or non-English-reading voters a person can assist but vacates the suspension of a law limiting absentee-ballot help.

In a case the plaintiff’s lawyer thinks will end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, an 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel last week ruled that Transportation Safety Administration airport screeners are “investigative or law enforcement officers.”

If lawmakers had passed the asset forfeiture reform bill earlier this year that restricted most cash seizures to a value of $1,500 or more, it would have cost law enforcement a little less than $1.5 million statewide, State Auditor Julie Blaha said.

The Department of Corrections could reverse plans to close two prisons, if lawmakers pass a supplemental budget before the end of the year.

Vaundell Duwayne Kingbird had his felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm conviction vacated but that doesn’t exonerate him and make him eligible for state compensation, a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel ruled.

In light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, religious employers have been left to ponder their obligations under a range of federal, state and local employment laws.

A Minnetonka man properly lost his red 1985 Ferrari to civil asset forfeiture, the Court of Appeals ruled on Monday. The man's lawyer says he plans to appeal the decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

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