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It all goes back to a day back in 1903 when farmer Peter Jensen got in trouble for selling melons without a license.

Contained in the omnibus bill are 16 pages of changes ranging from a ban on landlords requiring pets to be declawed and devocalized to making it easier to expunge past evictions from court records.

Minnesota, the compassionate state

City staff concluded a municipal sidewalk-shoveling program that would only cover certain streets would cost $27 million its first year alone, enough to gobble up new property tax revenue.

The new effort is in response to rising crime on light rail and at stations. It is also aimed at increasing ridership levels, which have not fully recovered after the pandemic.

The Legal Marijuana Now Party plans to evolve, but a new state law makes it more difficult for political parties to gain major party status.

For just the eighth time in 40 years, a budget session did not require a special session to finish its work. There were many policy changes, too.

DFL Gov. Tim Walz called it “the most successful legislative session, certainly in many of our lifetimes and maybe in Minnesota history."

DFLers in control of the Legislature say the "historic" tax package passed this week will make life more affordable for many Minnesotans. Republicans say the tax cuts are meager.

While 22 states have legalized growing the plant, it remains illegal federally, and moving products across state lines is banned in most states.