The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade, arguing Idaho’s restrictive abortion law leaves doctors facing criminal penalties for providing abortion-related medical care to women in life-threatening medical situations.
Read More »12 lawyers win primaries
Nine DFL lawyers vying for legislative seats won primaries on Aug. 11, as did three Republicans.
Read More »2020’s Minnesota Lawyer Reader Rankings Final Winners
No doubt, the businesses you selected in the top spots appreciate your support every day. Congratulations to the winners!
Read More »Special Session II: Police reform achieved
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.
Read More »Wisconsin court may not rule on voter purge before November
The Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t hear oral arguments in a lawsuit seeking to purge thousands of voters from the rolls until at least September, raising questions about whether the justices will rule before the presidential election.
Read More »Senate oversight committee off to heated start
A five-hour Senate oversight committee hearing Wednesday to examine Twin Cities rioting left Republicans and Democrats pretty much where they were when they started.
Read More »PhRMA sues over insulin law
The pharmaceutical industry’s trade group is suing in federal court to block implementation of Minnesota’s Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act.
Read More »Lee statue case devised by lawyer descended from slaves
At the heart of the issue with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wanting to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee is Rita Davis, who sees her whole career as building toward this moment.
Read More »Republican senators want DOJ police inquiry
Three Republican state senators are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a “pattern-or-practice” probe into the Minneapolis Police Department.
Read More »Civil unrest recovery bill dies in session
One casualty of the failed 2020 special session is legislation that would have provided financial help to scorched neighborhoods damaged by the unrest following George Floyd’s death.
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