Minnesota Lawyer

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, have been jointly charged with nine felony income-tax charges, the Washington County Attorney’s Office says.

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

A police reform bill passed overnight Tuesday reaches deep into the ways that Minnesota police are trained and held to account if they kill someone or otherwise act badly on the job.

A mother convicted in 2014 of killing her 4-year-old son has failed to convince the Minnesota Supreme Court that, but for ineffective counsel, she might have received a lighter sentence.

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After several months’ delay because of the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, the prosecution of a Lanesboro hemp farmer has resumed.

Police union leaders accuse elected officials of anti-cop ‘hatred’ after a remarkably reproachful 2½ hours Wednesday.

The Minnesota House is likely to vote July 20 on a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.

Homeowners got a lifeline in their long-running dispute with the state Department of Natural Resources over White Bear Lake water levels on July 15 when the Minnesota Supreme Court partially resuscitated their suit against the agency.

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