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Over 80,000 undocumented Minnesotans will soon be able to get a driver’s license. Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed “Driver’s Licenses for All” legislation into law, undoing former GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unilateral 2003 order requiring proof of legal residence to obtain a Minnesota driver’s license. At the signing, elected officials credited advocates and community members for keeping the “

State regulators filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Tony Downs Food Company in state court, alleging the company employs at least eight children in its Madelia plant. The children, ranging in age from 14 to 17, perform hazardous work such as operating meat grinders, ovens and forklifts during overnight shifts, according to the lawsuit brought by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Congrats to Joe Biden and the Democrats for Helping Republicans Kill D.C.’s Crime Law The Senate voted to repeal the D.C. law, as Democrats caved to a dishonest fearmongering campaign led by conservatives. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 81 to 14 to overturn Washington, D.C.’s criminal codes, subverting months of work that residents and officials invested to update codes that haven’t been

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty Friday to two tax evasion counts, admitting that he didn't file Minnesota income taxes for two years due to "financial concerns." Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty specifically to two counts of aiding and abetting, failing to file tax returns to the state of Minnesota for the 2016 and 2017 tax years.