MOORHEAD, Minn. – (KVRR) – There has been a lot of confusion regarding School Resource Officers ability to use bodily force which has led to some police departments throughout Minnesota pulling officers from schools. Minnesota Republicans say this new law needs to be fixed quickly and they want a special session. State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead, a Democrat, says…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said the state will receive another $208 million in opioid settlement money over the next 15 years as part of a $17 billion nationwide agreement with two drug makers, as well as pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. The money will be released to a national administrator later this summer. The final…
ST. PAUL — CEOs of Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services say they will not delay their merger despite requests from lawmakers, Minnesota’s attorney general and the University of Minnesota. Lawmakers called the two CEOs to the state capitol and they got grilled by Democrats at a joint House Commerce and Health Finance and Policy committees hearing. U of M…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is looking to hear from the general public on the proposed merger of Fairview Health Services and Sanford Health. His office has set up a dedicated form on the Attorney General’s website for people to leave comments about the merger. You’ll also find phone numbers you can call. A series of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Fleet Farm, alleging the retailer negligently sold guns to two straw buyers, including one gun that was used in a shootout in a St. Paul bar that left one person dead and 14 bystanders injured. The lawsuit alleges that Fleet Farm ignored multiple red flags, including sales of multiple…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Mark Ruffalo, Jackson Browne, Jane Fonda and more join Honor the Earth and other Indigenous leaders condemning the charges against more than 800 activists who were arrested one year ago for protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. “A lot of people support water protectors and a lot of people believe that water should be protected over the…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks will pay a $25,000 fine and lose its liquor, food and beverage licenses for 30 days under a settlement reached with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison sued the business for not following Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order was filed in December 2020. “The vast majority…
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office has reached an agreement to help more than 40 school districts afford to buy milk for students through 2030. Ellison said Tuesday the agreement with Kansas-based Dairy Farmers of America will make it easier for those districts to buy school milk at affordable prices for the next decade. Last year,…
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Minnesota’s attorney general says the state will continue to fight a lawsuit in federal court that was filed by two Minnesota filmmakers who want the right to refuse to record same-sex weddings instead of taking the case to the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minnesota Human Rights…
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the state is not among those that have reached a tentative settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over the opioids epidemic. The tentative deal between Purdue, thousands of local governments and more than 20 states could be worth up to $12 billion over time. Purdue has been criticized for overselling the benefits…
