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Gov. Tim Walz on Friday told MPR News that new clarifications of the state’s student prone law have helped local police agencies and school districts reset contracts for school resource officers.
Measured, reasoned and supported with facts from published studies and reports, Legal Aid submitted a commentary by Maren Hulden supporting legislation limiting use of prone restraints on students.
School resource officers can do their jobs just as well without the use of dangerous restraints.
Read how Mary Kaczorek and Julia Zwak, attorneys with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Housing unit helps one determined tenant fight for his living rights.
As an attorney, he won landmark legal advances for people with disabilities.
In this episode we talk with Anna Phearman, Public Health Advocate with the Minnesota Disability Law Center. We discuss her fierce advocacy for the disability community and how she has dedicated her career to addressing the inequities faced by members of the disability community, herself included.
About “$400 million a year from taxpayers (are) being invested, … a part of Gov. Tim Walz’s ‘mission to make Minnesota the best state in the country for kids to grow up’.”
Nichole Nalewaja’s case also asks whether third-party utility billers can legally disconnect a tenant’s power – Star Tribune
Featuring Chad Wilson of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, the ADA, or Americans With Disabilities Act, laid the groundwork for removing barriers to full participation in American life for many left on the sidelines.
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