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Minnesota Senate Republicans held a news conference Thursday addressing how the state will pay for public safety responses during the upcoming trials of Derek Chauvin and the other former officers charged in the death of George Floyd.
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, and Sen. Bill Weber, R-Luverne, who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Property Taxes, countered Gov. Tim Walz s request for a $35 million fund with a bill that would give local law enforcement agencies a process to be reimbursed for providing mutual aid.
The senators claimed that several agencies have yet to be paid for providing mutual aid to the Minneapolis Police Department, all while City Council members are pursuing measures to divert funding away from the police.
Here s what s in the DFL s recreational marijuana legalization bill
Democrats reintroduced the legislation on Monday.
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Democrats in Minnesota again introduced a bill Monday that would legalize recreational marijuana.
Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, and other DFLers reintroduced a proposal to legalize cannabis for recreational use, which they say would help address criminal justice inequities and let police focus on more serious issues. (They introduced similar legislation in May 2020.)
“The failed criminalization of cannabis has resulted in a legacy of racial injustice that can no longer go unaddressed,” Winkler, the bill s chief sponsor, said in a statement Monday. “Adults deserve the freedom to decide whether to use cannabis, and our state government should play an important role in addressing legitimate concerns around youth access, public health, and road safety. Veterans and Minnesotans with serious illnesses like PTSD deserve
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Jan 25, 2021 4:00 AM
Minnesota lawmakers have their work cut out for them in crafting a new two-year budget a process that begins this week when Gov. Tim Walz lays out his $50 billion-plus proposal.
Walz is framing his proposal as “Minnesota’s COVID-19 recovery budget” that will emphasize assistance to small businesses, help for working families affected by the disease or the related fallout, and measures to get students caught up after a year of mostly distance learning.
“COVID is everything and really sets the backdrop for the proposals and mood as we release the budget,” said top Walz budget adviser Jim Schowalter, commissioner of the Department of Minnesota Management and Budget.
An investigation done by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump "Storm the Capitol" rally has found no criminal wrongdoing, House Speaker Melissa Hortman said in an emailed statement.
ST. PAUL (AP) House Speaker Melissa Hortman said Wednesday that a state investigation of a Jan. 6 ìStorm the Capitolî rally outside the Minnesota Capitol