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Tightening polls raise stakes in Voter ID battle
On Tuesday night, roughly 100 people gathered at Maplewood City Hall to hear a debate on the proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.
‘He was a kid’: Former juvenile sex offenders languish in MSOP
Timothy Coon could spend his whole life confined to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program for actions he committed as a juvenile. And there are more than 50 others like him inside the walls of MSOP.
Former Chief Justice Eric Magnuson will lead sex offender task force
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson will lead a 15-member task force charged with recommending reforms for the troubled Minnesota Sex Offender Program. The panel stems from an order in a class-action lawsuit challenging the terms of confinement for more than 650 individuals who are indefinitely detained at facilities in Moose Lake and St. Peter.
Supreme Court sides with GOP on amendments
Republicans won an unequivocal victory on Monday in a pair of Minnesota Supreme Court rulings on issues related to constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
Republican legislators laud favorable Supreme Court rulings
Republican legislators expressed vindication after the Minnesota Supreme Court sided in their favor on a pair of contentious issues relating to proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
Benson offers a departing report card on MSOP
This week Dennis Benson will retire after four years as executive director of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. His departure caps a career with the Department of Corrections that spanned more than three decades and included stints as warden at prisons in Stillwater and Oak Park Heights.
How the stadium deal was done
Left for dead in April, the Vikings stadium bill sprinted to passage in the session’s closing days. What happened?
What’s in final stadium bill?
The headline-grabbing details hadn’t changed much by the time the bill to construct a new professional football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings passed through both chambers of the Legislature after more than a year of back-and-forth negotiations.
Senate racino push at apparent dead end
The perennial bill to install slots in the state’s two racetracks was yanked from its first hearing in the Senate Education Committee amid fear that the committee’s conservative members would kill it early in the session.
Some key endorsing conventions still lie ahead
In recent weeks, local party activists around Minnesota have commandeered many a school auditorium to endorse candidates for state House and Senate races.
Roulet drops endorsement challenge to Limmer
Chuck Roulet no longer intends to challenge Sen. Warren Limmer for the GOP endorsement in Senate District 34. Roulet announced his decision in a letter to GOP activists in the district on Monday.
Ortman, Limmer among GOP incumbents facing endorsement challenges
At least three incumbent Republican legislators appear to be facing serious challenges for party endorsement.
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