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Alex Derosier

Minnesota Reporter

Alex Derosier worked as a Forum News Service reporter, covering Minnesota breaking news and state government. He previously spent almost three years as a digital producer and news editor for the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Before that, he worked at The Associated Press in Raleigh, N.C., and contributed research to investigations at CBS News in Washington, D.C. Now he works as a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Languages spoken: English

DFL backers say closer tracking of bias incidents that do not always rise to the level of a crime is key to tackling discrimination. GOP critics painted the bill in a very different light.
Tribal leaders, Sen. Tina Smith and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the act, which aims to keep adopted Native children closer to their culture.
Jensen claims the medical board violated his rights by investigating his license to suppress his out-of-mainstream statements on COVID-19.
Here are some of the more significant changes to the state's crime and criminal justice code this year.
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The Minnesota governor emphasized the bill’s statewide impact, noting it has funding for metro projects as well as water treatment plants in communities like Mankato and a new firehouse in Dilworth.
The law took effect June 1. Secretary of State Steve Simon said it was Minnesota’s “largest single act of enfranchisement” since the voting age changed from 21 to 18 a half-century ago.
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed a bill allowing marijuana possession for adults, expunging marijuana conviction records and creating new licenses for the substance. It goes into effect Aug. 1.
DFLers wasted no time after winning full control of state government in November.
It could be up to a year or two before final federal funding is secured, and then construction can begin. That is projected to take three years.