Media ContactLisa Ramirez, Communications Manager, lramirez@mylegalaid.org
This session, Legal Aid’s Julia Zwak joined housing advocates, pushing to pass the “Tenants’ Rights Bill.” As that push proved successful in the senate, detractors made claims against the bill. And again, Zwak set the record straight. Read all about it in the Minnesota Reformer.
In proud support of the disability community, MMLA’s Minnesota Disability Law Center joined voices calling to end the subminimum wage, improve teacher training and remove barriers to medical assistance. WCCO’s coverage included an interview with Legal Aid’s Ryan Haenze.
Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster describes the 2023 child tax credit as a “powerful anti-poverty tool” and calls the 2024 proposal, “smart and equitable tax policy.”
Attorney Ron Elwood highlighted the problems tenants face when landlords co-opt the role of utility companies. View testimony via link, included in this Sessions Daily write-up.
KARE 11’s coverage of the Solutions Not Suspensions news conference included Legal Aid’s statement on prone restraints.
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
When a tenant is ordered to vacate in an unusual way, KSTP consults Legal Aid’s Julia Zwak about eviction law.
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