A Minnesota law creating an insulin safety net for impoverished diabetics went into effect Wednesday, but it was met with a surprise legal challenge from major manufacturers of the lifesaving hormone.
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At a hearing Monday for the four officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death, a Minnesota judge warned state prosecutors not to allow further public comment on the case before it goes to trial.
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The Minneapolis City Council took an early step toward its promised reimagining of the city’s police department Friday morning, voting unanimously in favor of a proposal to change the city charter.
Read moreThe Minneapolis City Council was to vote Friday on a proposal to change the city charter to allow elimination of the city’s police department, a radical move supported by a majority of the council after George Floyd’s death, but far from assured.
Read moreMinnesota has joined a growing group of states suing oil-industry titans for deceiving the public about their contributions to climate change in sweeping fraud cases.
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A federal judge declined to give his blessing Tuesday to a consent decree temporarily waiving Minnesota’s requirement that absentee voters get a witness to sign their ballots, less than a week after a state judge approved a similar agreement.
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Calling George Floyd’s death a murder, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo confirmed that Derek Chauvin, the former officer filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, had taken department training aimed at preventing just such a situation.
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Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd say that they were barred from guarding or having contact with Derek Chauvin because of their race.
Read moreR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al. sued Edina, Minn. in federal court, claiming its ban on sales of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, is preempted by federal law.
Read moreDonald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee have intervened in a suit challenging Minnesota’s witness requirements for absentee ballots.
Read moreA federal court in Minnesota granted a preliminary injunction to voters and political committees that prevents the enforcement of a ballot order statute that requires major political party candidates to be listed on the ballot in reverse order based on the average number of votes that their party received in the state’s last general election.
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A black man who served as a scapegoat for a lynch mob in 1920 received Minnesota’s first-ever posthumous pardon Friday, 100 years after his conviction was used to justify the murder of three of his co-workers.
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The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said Wednesday, as he announced initial steps in what he said would be transformational reforms to the agency in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
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A journalist who was left permanently blind in one eye after she was hit with a projectile during recent protests in Minneapolis claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the city and law enforcement officials used excessive force and violated her First Amendment rights.
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A Minnesota judge set bail at $1.25 million Monday for the fired Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which sparked massive protests against racism and police violence around the world.
Read moreThe NAACP asked the Ramsey County Court to remove Minnesota’s requirement that absentee ballots be signed by a witness, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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After a weekend of protests against racism and police brutality in the Twin Cities and around the world, several members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their intent to dismantle the city’s police department.
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The Minneapolis City Council voted Friday to ban city police officers from using chokeholds and neck restraints and put heavier restrictions on the use of chemical irritants as part of a temporary restraining order.
Read moreTen days after the death of George Floyd, Minneapolis looked toward healing, change and peace Thursday.
Read moreCommunity members, relatives and black dignitaries attended a memorial service Thursday for George Floyd on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, with mourners spread across two city blocks shouting protest chants, listening to a sermon from the Reverend Al Sharpton and clamoring for a look at visiting celebrities.
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