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Politics · MinnesotaMinnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging a relatively new state law that restored the right to vote to those convicted of a felony after they serve time behind bars. The conservative Minnesota Voters Alliance sued over the law last year arguing the state Legislature overstepped its authority in re-enfranchising Minnesotans who'd not fully served out their sentences.See the Story
States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards
54% Center coverage: 28 sources
Politics · MinneapolisA University of Minnesota Law School diversity fellowship will now give equal consideration to White and male applicants following a civil rights complaint.
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UMinn Law School will no longer give preference to minorities for fellowship: 'Win for civil rights'
100% Right coverage: 2 sources
Crime · MinneapolisAfter George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal.
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This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal
62% Left coverage: 13 sources
North American Politics · MinnesotaFormer Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has announced he is entering the cannabis market as a seller, as the state still figures out retail sales of the drug on the heels of legalizing marijuana for adults last year.See the Story
Ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he will sell cannabis edibles
53% Center coverage: 15 sources
Mike Lindell · MinneapolisA court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it’s just a formality because the landlord wants to take the property back.See the Story
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, faces eviction from Minnesota warehouse
Coverage: 39 sources
Kim Jong-Un · North KoreaNorth Korea said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “as soon as possible,” but stressed that prospects for their countries’ first summit in about 20 years would depend on Tokyo tolerating its weapons program and ignoring its past abductions of Japanese nationals.See the Story
North Korea says Japan's prime minister proposed summit with leader Kim Jong Un
44% Left coverage: 75 sources
Transgender · WorthingtonA Minnesota appeals court has sent the lawsuit brought by a transgender athlete back to a trial court to determine whether she was illegally denied entry into women’s competitions because of her gender identity.
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Discrimination lawsuit brought by transgender athlete sent back to Minnesota trial court
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Abortion · United StatesThe Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination.See the Story
Minnesota appeals court rules in favor of woman turned away from pharmacy for emergency contraceptive
46% Center coverage: 13 sources
