Minnesota Lawyer

A college dean says it is clear that the coronavirus requires Americans to think hard about what is unjust and disproportionate punishment.

Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit highlighted misspending and self-dealing allegations that have roiled the NRA and its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, in recent years.

A Minneapolis commission decided Wednesday to take more time to review a City Council amendment to dismantle the Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, ending the possibility of voters deciding the issue in November.

Anti-death penalty activists asked a judge in a lawsuit to order Indiana State Police to stop blocking roads to a prison where federal executions have resumed after a 17-year pause.

A group of voters sued Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials to try to block a requirement that voters wear face masks at polling place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

A judge correctly struck down a new Department of Homeland Security rule that went into effect earlier this year denying green cards to legal immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps and other forms of public assistance, an appeals court said.

Oklahoma’s attorney general said he will fight any challenges by inmates to gain freedom after the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that state prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against American Indian defendants in parts of the state that includes mostly Tulsa.

A federal judge in New Jersey is publicly speaking out about a shooting at her home last month in which authorities say a misogynistic lawyer killed her son and seriously wounded her husband.

New Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky has finished her 100-mile ultramarathon after being sworn in mid-run.

Restaurants, bars and other merchants struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic are desperately reaching out for a lifeline from insurers that in turn contend they are being miscast as potential saviors.