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State Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for Saturday August 03, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Bonta Supports Commonsense Gun Laws Allowing States to Set Age-Based Restrictions for Firearms
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed a brief in support of a Minnesota law setting the minimum age at 21 for securing a permit to carry a handgun in public. The case, Worth v. Jacobson, is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; a three-judge panel of that court affirmed the district court's d  more

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING MINNESOTA LAW THAT PROHIBITS CONCEALED CARRY BY INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 3 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit urging the court to revisit an opinion striking down a Minnesota law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed handguns in public. In the brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/16544902-f877-4ec0-9039-edf  more

Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Minnesota Law That Prohibits Concealed Carry by Individuals Under 21
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit to uphold a Minnesota law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed handguns in public. In the brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/16544902-f877-4ec0-9039-edfde851a95e/fileAsset/Worth%20Amicus%20-%20File.pdf),  more

Governor Walz Announces Minnesota's Nation-Leading Child Tax Credit Has Helped More Than 215,000 Minnesota Families This Year
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 440,000 children have benefited with over $545 million going back into family budgets this year * * * Governor Tim Walz today announced that new figures released by the Minnesota Department of Revenue show the state's nation-leading Child Tax Credit has put over $545 million into the budgets of more than 215,000 Minnesota families this year. With the majority of 2023 individual income   more

Taft Defends City of Cincinnati, Metropolitan Sewer District Against Property Dispute
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 3 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft secured the dismissal of all claims against the City of Cincinnati and the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) regarding soil deposited on residential property owned by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs filed suit against many entities, alleging that contaminated fill material had devalued their property. First, Taft prevailed in the district court, where the city and MSD were dismissed before trial. On July 22, 202  more