Minnesota

Democrats in both states won full control of their state governments last year and have already passed gun safety packages, expanded voting rights, free meals for all students, and increased protections for abortion rights and LGBTQ+ people

Former officer Tou Thao testified previously that he merely served as a ‘human traffic cone’ when holding back bystanders as former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck as the Black man pleaded for his life in 2020

Wisconsin became the last of 20 states to drop out of the two lawsuits, which were rendered all but moot when President Joe Biden issued an executive order in 2021 that halted wall construction

The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court without comment denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction and 22-and-a-half-year sentence stand

A National Weather Service meteorologist says fires in northern Quebec and low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes are sending smoke to Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois

Irish law professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin called the American government’s use of torture against them ‘a betrayal’ of the rights of victims and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States to justice

The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department ‘made what happened to George Floyd possible,’ according to the DOJ

Along with a few other cities, Minneapolis has issued bans on chokeholds and neck restraints, and restrictions on no-knock warrants. But activist calls to defund the police, and to hold officers accountable have mostly failed

Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame

The proposals include a “red flag law” that would allow authorities to ask courts for “extreme risk protection orders” to temporarily take guns away from people deemed to be an imminent threat to others or themselves

Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was last of the four former officers facing judgment in state court for the brutal killing

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

‘The agreement isn’t change in and of itself, but it charts a clear roadmap to it,’ Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that about 14 cars were carrying hazardous materials, including ethanol

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

The state is seeking more than $100 million in damages. It’s the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial

Minnesota sued Juul in 2019, accusing the San Francisco-based company of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine

Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly

The state House voted to prohibit enforcement in Minnesota of laws, subpoenas, judgements or extradition requests from other states against people who get, perform or assist with abortions

The footage will be released to the public in the next several days

The company says it took swift action to contain the leak to the plant site, and there’s no health and safety risk to the local community or the environment

For a West that has struggled with long-term drought, forecasters say all the moisture isn’t enough to make a noticeable dent in the nation’s largest reservoirs on the Colorado River

Governor Tim Walz’s executive order parallels legislation awaiting a floor vote in the state House to make Minnesota a ‘trans refuge state’

According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, 54 of the 89 tolling facilities that opened in the US in the past decade were for price-managed lanes

The city said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with force by police during a June 4, 2020, protest