Late last year, about 550 people serving terms in Minnesota prisons or on community supervision received letters containing potentially big news for their cases: "You may be eligible to file an application with the court to vacate your conviction for aiding and abetting felony murder." The notices, sent from the Department of Corrections, were prompted by a new Minnesota law limiting who can .
A statewide child abuse hotline, new rules to reduce racial disparities among foster children and a wide-ranging review of how Minnesota spends its child protection money are among the proposals state legislators will begin considering when they convene next week. Altogether, at least nine legislative proposals have emerged in recent weeks to address widespread failures in Minnesota's child .
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On January 12, Senator Grant Hauschild, and Representatives Dave Lislegard, Dave Pinto, and Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn met with childcare providers, teachers, parents, and educators at Iron Range Tykes Learning Center for