Published 1 year ago

More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

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Minnesota House votes 73-55 to give Attorney General Keith Ellison more money to hire more prosecutors. Ellison had been unable for four years to persuade a divided Legislature to give him more money. The House separately approved more money for the public defender system to relieve staffing shortages that nearly led to a strike last year.

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More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

Millions of extra dollars are working their way through the Minnesota Legislature to beef up the ability of Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to prosecute violent crime. The Democratic attorney

1 year ago·United States

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More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

Millions of extra dollars are working their way through the Minnesota Legislature to beef up the ability of Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to prosecute violent crime

1 year ago·United States

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More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Millions of extra dollars are working their way through the Minnesota Legislature to beef up the ability of Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to prosecute violent crime. The Democratic attorney general had been unable for four years to persuade a divided Legislature to give him more money to add more prosecutors. Now that Democrats control both chambers, Ellison is eager to get tha…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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National Post

More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Millions of extra dollars are working their way through the Minnesota Legislature to both beef up the ability of Attorney General Keith Ellison's office to prosecute violent crime and the state's public defender system to relieve the staffing shortages that nearly led to a strike last year.

1 year ago·Canada

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Duluth News Tribune

Minnesota House to vote on extra funding for attorney general criminal division, public defenders

Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’s been asking the Legislature for years to give him more funding for the criminal division of his office.

1 year ago·Cherokee County, United States

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More funds head to Minn. attorney general, public defenders

The House voted to give the Minnesota AG's office a quick $269,000 from the state's $17.6 billion budget surplus and an extra $2 million a year thereafter.

1 year ago·Minneapolis, United States

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