coverage thanks to Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health

Thanks to Seward Co-op for making our Ecolution series possible:

Evolving Economies and Ecosystems



Thanks to Women Winning for supporting our Diversity in Politics series

The End-of-Life-Options Act was a contentious point of discussion at the opening session of the 2024 legislative session Monday. House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) moved to reject the committee report on HF1930, which would allow people to request medical aid in dying under certain circumstances. “This irresponsible one-party majority has done enough damage already. Let’s reject this committee report and start focusing on the real issues at hand for Minnesotans.”

Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL-Rochester), chair of the health committee that approved the bill January 25, said Minnesotans want to have a debate on this topic and the committee process is the right place to do it. In the end, the House voted to adopt the committee report on a 70-61 party-line vote, which moves the bill to the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee.

Read the End-of-Life-Options testimony from the January committee discussion

Another returning debate relates to the use of prone holds by school officers. Legislation passed in 2023 to make it illegal to use restraint that restricts a child's ability to breathe. It became a political issue by some schools and police departments around the state when the new school year began. The legislature is discussing the bill again.

Here is coverage we did a few months ago about the prone restraint in schools debate



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"39 Years of Voice & Vision"

April 13, 2024

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Junauda Petrus, newly named Minnesota Book Awards finalist for her storybook, "Can We

Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?," will

do a reading.

Spoken word artist Muna Abdulahi will perform.

"The truth is, to be a woman in a space that was not built for you is to know how to build space with your bare hands, to demand the attention of any room you step into."

Deneal Trueblood-Lynch and some of her cast will read from her play, "Secrets," about the trauma that impacts a majority of women at the Shakopee Women's Prison.

Thanks to Badass membership for making this content possible

Assistant Attorney General Katherine Kelly on how the state protects renters

Solving Issues With the Unhoused: A Conversation With Rinal Ray

The State of Minnesota Housing

Land Trusts and Co-ops

Find the series here

Thanks to the First Unitarian Society Foundation: Kurt Pearson Fund, for making the Hometown series possible

• Do you want to see at a glance what Minneapolis councils and boards are talking about? Check out the Documenters newsletter (one of our media partners).

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