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AP President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal lawmakers have made little progress with police reform one year after George Floyd’s death. Activists say they are demanding that the Senate pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which remains stalled amid Republican opposition, though bipartisan negotiators are optimistic about their recent progress. The bill — which includes provis...

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Reply Mayor Mike Maguire gives the State of the City address in the citys community center. (Morgan Reddekopp/Patch) EAGAN, MN— Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire delivered the annual State of the City address Thursday. The State of the City addressed Eagans resiliency during the pandemic, and how the city will move forward in 2021. "We have not been immune to the challenges of the past year and there is work to be done," Maguire said. "But because of our resilient nature we have every reason to be hop...

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L.A. Times journalists sue Minnesota state troopers over attack Wendy Lee © Provided by The LA Times Minnesota State Patrol officers pepper-spray and fire rubber bullets at journalists on May 2020. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times) For their jobs, L.A. Times journalists Carolyn Cole and Molly Hennessy-Fiske have traveled to war zones and reported from dangerous areas including Iraq and Afghanistan. But the veteran journalists say they never encountered anything like what happe...

Sen. McConnell Blasts Progressives’ Attack on Policing, Rise in Violent Crime Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) condemned progressive Democrats’ call to defund police departments during 2020, saying that the far left’s ranting about defunding the police has become “official Democratic Party dogma” and is contributing to violent crimes across the nation. “From coast to coast, American families are facing an explosion of violent crime on their streets and in their neighbo...

An attorney for former president Donald Trump claimed in a 49-page memo on Tuesday, May 25, that Congresswoman Maxine Waters previously has made more

As they make $52 billion in decisions, Minnesota lawmakers carry out more budget talks in secret Advocates, lawmakers and others urged for more transparency in deciding how the state would spend its two-year budget. 5:30 pm, May 25, 2021 × Legislative working groups continued to meet this week at the Minnesota Capitol and remotely, though just one had been publicized and broadcast to the public. Lawmakers and advocates on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, raised concerns about the l...

Created: May 25, 2021 04:57 PM By the one-year anniversary of George Floyds death, there was hope significant police reform legislation would pass the legislature in Minnesota and nationally in Congress. Legislation did pass the Minnesota House and Senate that was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz, but many Democrats didnt think it went far enough. Neither do families and friends of people whove died during encounters with police. "These bills need to be passed because if theyre not t...