Courts
Minnesota AG: SROs and school employees can use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent bodily harm(The Center Square) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a supplemented legal opinion regarding school discipline laws after dozens of police departments pulled school resource officers. Ellison said the… Read More
Government
Republicans, law enforcement call for Minnesota special session over school violence(The Center Square) – Minnesota law enforcement groups and Republican lawmakers called on Gov. Tim Walz to start a legislative special session on school resource officers after a video of… Read More
Jobs
Potential UAW strike looms over Michigan(The Center Square) – Up to 146,000 United Auto Workers could strike starting this week if the Big Three auto companies don't reach a new union contract agreement by 11:59… Read More
Open Records
Michigan lawmakers want to ban government from using code to thwart records requests(The Center Square) – A new bill aims to protect public access to government communications under the Freedom of Information Act by preventing the government from speaking in code to… Read More
Public Education
Tests: Minnesota student grades down since 2019(The Center Square) – The Minnesota Department of Education released the 2023 statewide assessment results showing some scores dropped 10 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The 2023 North… Read More