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“As a lawyer and ex-politico, I value the insights of both Kevin Featherly and Barbara Jones in their quality reporting. Kevin captures the authenticity—and human side—of the political players, and he brings humor to ironies often inherent in politics. On complicated legal issues, Barbara delves more deeply than traditional media by raising unique questions, often resulting in different answers. Their digital publication is a welcome addition to our local media.”

Ember Reichgott Junge

Attorney, former DFL State Senator

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Pete Orput

Washington County Attorney

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Session/Law is an independent newsletter for Minnesota lawyers, lobbyists, legislators and the interested public, written by Kevin Featherly and Barbara L. Jones. We work at the intersection of legal affairs and politics.

There is a fair bit of overlap and interplay there that’s not much explored elsewhere in the Minnesota news media.

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Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

This week’s Sounding Board includes Pete Orput, Rob Doar, Ron Latz, Nick Zerwas and Mike Freiberg. Their topics: Public safety politics; stumping justices; time out!

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Session/Law Agenda

Session/Law Agenda

The state’s Judicial Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve 2.5% salary increases for all judges and court staff in the second year of the biennium. Now the Judicial Branch only has to sell the governor and the legislature on the idea. 

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Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

This week’s Sounding Board includes Ember Reichgott Junge, Erick Kaardal, Asad Zaman, Jennifer DeJournett, Floyd B. Olson. Their topics: Medical marijuana, executive privilege and benchsplaining.

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Supreme Court: Expanded car search OK

Supreme Court: Expanded car search OK

If the dissent is correct, the case will create “too much space for future pretextual and potentially racially motivated stops and will contribute to Minnesota’s racial disparities in who is stopped and who is searched following a minor traffic stop.”

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Justices hear DNR whistleblower case

Justices hear DNR whistleblower case

While arguing Tuesday that former DNR regional director Lori Dowling Hanson was illegally fired as a whistleblower, her attorney Marshall Tanick urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to take a step that would affect loads of future employment-law cases.

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