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The San Marcos City Council voted to revise the purpose statement for the Criminal Justice Reform Committee during Tuesday’s regular meeting. [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
San Marcos City Council discussed Winter Storm Uri s effects on wastewater rates and debated possible revisions to the Criminal Justice Reform Committee s purpose statement at its meeting on May 4.
The council voted to temporarily alter the method for calculating residential wastewater rates by excluding February 2021 from the timeline used and will start this month to calculate average water consumption. The council says due to Winter Storm Uri, wastewater rates would be higher than the expected average should be. As a result, the council will adjust February s rates to minimize higher costs.
The council s consideration to revise the Criminal Justice Reform Committee s purpose statement was in pursuit of concentrating on a broader array of criminal justice topics, outside of the standard operating practices and city ordinances.
Walz, lawmakers call on Minnesota Senate to enact police reform
After the conviction of Derek Chauvin and the shooting death of Daunte Wright, the governor is pushing for police reform while there is statewide momentum. Author: Emily Haavik, John Croman Published: 11:15 AM CDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 6:39 PM CDT April 29, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. Gov. Tim Walz and other Democratic leaders are calling on the Minnesota Legislature to pass police reform legislation.
Walz held a news conference with other Minnesota House and Senate members on Thursday morning. The push for legislative action on police reform has intensified since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020.
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A bill to legalize recreational adult use of marijuana has now cleared a half dozen committees in the Minnesota House, but still faces at least a couple more committees before a vote on the House floor. It also faces strong opposition in the Senate. While Black Minnesotans and white Minnesotans use cannabis at almost exactly the same rate a Black Minnesotan is anywhere from four to ten times more likely to be arrested and charged for a cannabis-related crime, said House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, the bill s chief author.
He says his bill would eliminate law enforcement using possession of small amounts of marijuana as an excuse to arrest Black suspects at a higher rate than others.