Media ContactLisa Ramirez, Communications Director, lramirez@mylegalaid.org
Following a 70-25 vote by eligible staff in favor of unionizing, MMLA issued a statement which reads in part, “We look forward to working together, all of us, leadership, union members and staff.”
The “Food is Medicine” bill aims to restore SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits (previously known as “food stamps”) to Minnesota’s 6K adults who lost them Jan. 1.
KARE 11’s coverage of the Solutions Not Suspensions news conference included Legal Aid’s statement on prone restraints.
Read Legal Aid’s statement, supporting the 2023 legislative ban on prone restraints in schools. “The risk in using them on children is too great to ignore.”
First day of the legislative session, Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster testifies on HF 3489, asking the House Education committee to keep the school ban on prone restraints.
Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center with Think Self issued guidance on the constitutional rights for those needing court interpretation services.
Legal Aid Attorney Maren Hulden talks to the Star Tribune about the prospect of ending the subminimum wage. Photo credit: Star Tribune
Attorney Ron Elwood of MMLA’s Legal Services Advocacy Project (LSAP) talks to reporter Jessica Lussenhop in this ProPublica follow-up to her piece on “the exploitation of Somali contract for deed buyers.” Ron has been working with U.S. Senator Tina Smith to advance comprehensive contract for deed reform in 2024.
“This has created a question of whether the administration is willing to continue the American value of welcoming refugees.” – Alison Griffith, MMLA Immigration Law Project
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