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The Minnesota Constitution is the supreme law in the state. Minnesota Statutes are the general and permanent laws of the state. [1] Minnesota Laws (also referred to as Minnesota Session Laws, Laws of Minnesota, or simply "session laws") are the annual compilation of acts passed by the Minnesota Legislature and signed by the governor of Minnesota, or enacted by the legislature when overriding a ...
This was the first legislature to be fully DFL-controlled since the 88th Minnesota Legislature in 2013–15. During the first session (2023), the body passed a number of major reforms to Minnesota law, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental protection, modernizing the state's tax code ...
Abortion in Minnesota is legal at all stages of pregnancy [1] [2] and is restricted only to standards of good medical practice. [3] [4] The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the Minnesota Constitution conferred a right to an abortion in 1995 and the DFL-led Minnesota Legislature passed and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a bill in 2023 to recognize a right to reproductive freedom and ...
The Ninety-fourth Minnesota Legislature is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state of Minnesota, composed of the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives. It convened in Saint Paul on January 14, 2025, [1] following the November 2024 elections for the House as well as a special election for Senate District 45.
Jeff Anderson (born August 27, 1947) is an American personal injury attorney who leads Jeff Anderson & Associates PA with headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota.He is best known for litigating cases involving child sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy beginning in the 1980s and for using media events to encourage child sexual abuse victims to speak out.
In the early 2020s, the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota experienced a wave of civil unrest, comprising peaceful demonstrations and riots, against systemic racism toward black Americans, notably in the form of police violence.
Minnesota statute 1.141 states that "The design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission... is adopted as the official state flag." [8] The text of the law defers the details of the current flag's appearance and design to the Commission's report, which was dated January 1, 2024. [9]
An indoor area is defined as the space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded by walls covering more than 50 percent of the perimeter of the area. Temporary physical barriers are considered walls, but certain window screens are not. [2] The ban took effect October 1, 2007. Minnesota is the 17th state to enforce a statewide smoking ban. [3]