Little pre-session consensus

Kevin Featherly February 3, 2020

Minnesota Legislative Session Outlook Panel 2020: Left to right, Moderator Mary Lahammer, TPT-TV; Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa; House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park; Deputy Senate Minority Leader Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis; Deputy House Minority Leader Anne Neu, R- North Branch. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Size of bonding bill, spending priorities points of contention.

FurnitureDealer loses challenge

Barbara L. Jones January 31, 2020

Over its objections, FurnitureDealer.net Inc., a Burnsville company suing Amazon.com, will have to find another lawyer now that Briggs and Morgan has joined Taft.

$1.1 million awarded in Title IX attorney’s fees

Barbara L. Jones January 31, 2020

College facing contempt hearing.

Ellison joins 3D-printed firearms suit

Kevin Featherly January 30, 2020

In this August 2018 photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. (AP file photo)

For second time in a year, states sue to keep blueprints offline.

Prosecutor argues against Hummel charge dismissal

Kevin Featherly January 30, 2020

Industrial hemp must contain less than 0.3% Delta-9 THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, but the “hemp dabs” (pictured) and “vape tips” seized in the bust tested at just over 3% — 10 times the legal limit. (Submitted photo)

Corson: Hemp farmer purposely concentrated THC levels.

Ramsey County ends archdiocese oversight

Kevin Featherly January 29, 2020

Joy Hoffman, center, speaks to reporters flanked by Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, left, and Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Deal puts church back in charge of policing itself.

Minority report states case against probation max

Kevin Featherly January 29, 2020

Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Christopher Dietzen, left, Court of Appeals Judge Michelle Larkin and St. Paul Police Sgt. Salim Omari, not pictured, authored the dissent. (File photo: Kevin Featherly)

Dissenters’ view included in annual report.

Court upholds minimum wage ordinance in Minneapolis

Barbara L. Jones January 28, 2020

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Minimum-wage workers in Minneapolis no doubt welcomed the Minnesota Supreme Court’s opinion last week in Graco Inc. v. City of Minneapolis.

‘Hot button’ issues before the 8th U.S. Circuit

Minnesota Lawyer January 27, 2020

In April, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Missouri statutes banning abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy and banning abortion on fetuses that have received a prenatal diagnosis or screening “indicating Down syndrome or the potential of Down syndrome.” This photo shows the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. (AP file photo)

The Supreme Court’s docket this term is notable for its unusual concentration of lightning-rod cases.

Senators get earful at gun hearing

Kevin Featherly January 27, 2020

Audience members at the Hibbing Crown Ballroom are shown moments before the start an unruly hearing on six gun bills on Jan. 21. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Unruly Hibbing crowd steals show as six gun bills get aired.

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