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Nearly 300,000 cannabis-related criminal records in Minnesota would be eligible for expungement, meaning they’re no longer public and won’t appear in background checks. How will it work?
The marijuana legalization bill on track for passage in the Legislature includes an expungement process that would make it easier for those in similar circumstances to get jobs and housing.
Plus expunging weed, a DFL tax plan, and a new shade of blue in today's Flyover.
The Minnesota Legislature is considering legalizing recreational marijuana and automatically expunging low-level cannabis crimes.
The new legalization bill would erase past convictions and prioritize marginalized communities for cannabis licenses, but some advocates worry it won’t do enough to atone for criminalization.