by Kevin Featherly | Oct 22, 2021 | Features, Sound-Off
Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, takes part in discussions during Thursday joint committee hearing. (Photo: Kevin Featherly) This week’s topics: Public safety politics; stumping justices; time out! Welcome to Session/Law Sound-off, the weekly current...
by Kevin Featherly | Oct 21, 2021 | Lawyers, MN Courts, News, Premium
The Court of Appeals took on the thorny subject of pretextual traffic stops and racial profiling during oral arguments Wednesday in State vs. Roy Lemond McPipe. But in doing so, the court ran into a problem almost immediately. Sorry, but if you are not a Session/Law...
by Kevin Featherly | Oct 20, 2021 | Free, Lawyers, MN Courts, News, US Courts
Stock photo: Olivier Le Moal, Getty Images Panel finds sufficient evidence that she participated in fraud with Mike Wigley The wife of Taxpayers League founder Michael Wigley participated in fraud when she helped him hide assets during bankruptcy...
by Barbara L. Jones | Oct 19, 2021 | MN Courts, News
Stock image: Kgtoh, Getty Images Drugs, gun found in locked bedroom were circumstantial evidence that add up to guilt A man’s attempt to shed blame on his roommates for drugs and a gun found in his locked bedroom during a no-knock search gained no...
by Kevin Featherly | Oct 18, 2021 | Features, Premium, The 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. Sorry, but if you are...
