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Minnesota Senate passes public safety bill Floor debate at the state capitol centered on what DFL lawmakers believed was missing from the Republican bill, namely police accountability reforms. Author: John Croman Updated: 2:20 AM CDT April 16, 2021 ST PAUL, Minn. — Senate Republicans spent four hours Thursday rebuffing efforts by Democrats to add police accountability amendments to the omnibus public safety bill. The package of mainly funding measures lacked police reforms supported by DFL lawmakers, who hadn't been able to get committee hearings for their re...

MN Senate passes public safety bill without DFL-backed police reform measures Democrats say the bill doesn't do enough to address police accountability. Author: The Republican-controlled Senate has passed a public safety omnibus bill without police reform measures.  The public safety and judiciary funding bill that cleared the Senate on a 44-23 vote Thursday includes money for the court system, prisons and makes changes to sexual assault laws, including closing the "voluntary intoxication" loophole that was highlighted by a recent state Supreme Court decision.  “Senate Republicans are co...

CARE Applauds Senate Introduction of the Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act WASHINGTON ( Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act by Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) along with 10 additional sponsors. This bipartisan bill will ensure that the U.S. prioritizes the needs of women and girls in responding to humanitarian emergencies. This legislation works specifically to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), including child marriage, domestic violence and human trafficking, at the onset of a...

Pandemic sees rise in gender-based violence It has been seen that gender-based violence increases dramatically in times of emergencies and in times of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it has been noticed even more. Women and girls have been found to be exposed to domestic violence in times of the pandemic besides suffering from lack of medicine and telehealth and financial hardships. An estimated 1 in 5 women was found to be experiencing sexual violence in times of humanitarian emergencies. “We have long known that women and girls are exposed to gender-based violence during international c...