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May 25, 2019 • 10 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Thoughts on end of session (1/ 10): #mnleg has taken good steps toward helping people afford their lives and live with dignity and respect.
(2/10) The AGO worked hard with @GovTimWalz and legislators of both parties to win new tools to fight wage theft & the opioid crisis, protect our money held in HMOs’ charitable assets (#ThatsOurMoney), regulate PBMs, and protect against elder abuse.
(3/10) It’s an esp big win for fighting wage theft. Lots of folks still don’t believe it happens but it’s real, hurts all of us & is a crime. I wrote more about it here: advocate.stpaulunions.org/2019/04/25/kei…
(4/10) Low-income folks supporting their families with the help of MFIP will also get their first raise in 33 years. Special congrats to @LtGovFlanagan for that big win. All these changes will make a real, positive difference in the daily lives and wallets of Minnesotans.
(5/10) Also proud the AGO budget will see first increase in actual dollars in 6 yrs. It isn’t all the $ we asked for or need to protect Minnesotans, but it’s an important step forward. Grateful to @GovTimWalz, Commissioner @myronfrans & the House for supporting our full request.
(6/10) More about the need to beef up the AGO budget, which is way down in purchasing power over many years: startribune.com/state-ag-s-off…
(7/10) But urgent needs have been left unaddressed, esp life-or-death crisis of pharmaceutical-drug affordability, including insulin. Disappointed Senate didn’t address it more fully, despite hard work of #insulin4all activists & good will of several GOP senators.
(8/10) Ppl also needed Senate to pass #Freedom2Drive, ban on conversion therapy, post-conviction relief, probation & felon-voting reforms. #mnleg also needs to do more to make sure public’s money in HMOs’ charitable assets stays in MN and works solely for our health.
(9/10) More about why this hard-to-understand but v important issue matters to everyone. To sum it up: #ThatsOurMoney startribune.com/prevent-raids-…
(10/10) Thx 2 @GovTimWalz and legislators of both parties who engaged with & listened to my office and me. We didn’t always agree or get everything we needed. Still, Minnesotans are better able to afford their lives and live with dignity and respect today than they were before.

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Oct 17, 2022
Today, Enbridge admitted it breached a confined aquifer in Clearwater Cty while building Line 3, knew it did it, and did not notify the MN DNR as required. This admission comes in response to criminal charges my office filed after having the case referred by the Clearwater 1/4
Cty Atty to us for review. Enbridge now has to pay the maximum fine available under the law &has reached agreements with DNR, MPCA, and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa agrees to make cash payments, pay penalties, fund environmental restoration and monitoring, 2/4
and provide financial assurances worth more than $11 million. These agreements are greater than any penalty we could have won at trial & are an important step in holding Enbridge accountable for the damage it caused to our precious environment. Make no mistake: 3/4
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Oct 2, 2020
1/7 Today I launched HelpSealMyRecord.org, which will help Minnesotans everywhere expunge (seal) eligible non-violent items on their record after they’ve paid the price so those convictions don’t keep them from getting good jobs, education, housing.
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2/7 In MN, all misdemeanors and 50 non-violent felony crimes can be expunged. But doing it on your own is confusing, lengthy & costly. So too many ppl go through life with past convictions for which they’ve already paid the price continuing to haunt them, sometimes for decades.
3/7 That means they can’t get a lot of jobs, because their conviction shows up on a background check, even though they’ve done what society has asked to atone for it. They can’t rent apartments, get into school, get credit, etc. That doesn’t just hurt them, it hurts us all.
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Jul 31, 2020
A rodeo in Itasca Co. last wknd refused to follow reqs for keeping ppl safe from #COVID19. Thousands showed up & an infectious person there later tested positive. I sued the rodeo today for violating the law. Keeping MN safe is everyone’s responsibility.
ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communi…
The rodeo claimed it would go ahead with no spectators but attendees congregated in the bleachers, made “donations” & watched each day’s rodeo competitions, cheered for participants & were entertained by a clown the rodeo hired. Here are some pix of what it actually looked like. ImageImageImageImage
My office has been working with biz & events across MN to help them understand the law & exec orders so they can operate responsibly & keep Minnesotans safe. In most cases, we’ve reached agreement & voluntary compliance. I thank all of them that have done the right thing.
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Jul 21, 2020
Today the US Atty’s Office won a guilty plea from a MN scammer who bilked seniors out of millions for fraudulent magazine subscriptions. That began with an investigation & lawsuit by the MN AGO in 2016 that first uncovered the scam & shut down the fraud. justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/ceo…
What did they do? They signed up an 87yo blind woman for magazines after she repeatedly said she couldn’t read them. They put a 75yo truck driver down for 5 packages of more than $4K that included Golf Week even though he said he never golfed in his life. startribune.com/minnesota-atto…
The scammer “knew that many of the consumers on these lists were elderly and susceptible to deceptive sales tactics.” He told his callers to “bulldoze through the final portion of the call in order to make the ‘sale,’ even when consumers were confused…” startribune.com/charges-chaska…
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Jun 12, 2020
I serve on the MN Board of Pardons. Tomorrow @ 9 am we will take up a posthumous pardon application for Max Mason. He was convicted of rape in connection with the infamous Duluth lynchings that happened 100 yrs ago next week. Tmrw, 100 yrs later, we are poised to do justice. 1/8
The lynchings are a dark stain on our history. On 6/15/1920, 6 black circus workers were jailed on a groundless rape accusation by a white couple. A mob stormed the Duluth jail & lynched 3 of them from lampposts as 10K ppl watched. This wasn't Mississippi, it was Minnesota. 2/8
The 3 men that the Duluth mob lynched were Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson & Isaac McGhie. Postcards were made of their murders and sold as souvenirs. Last yr I went to the Natl Lynching @MemPeaceJustice in Montgomery AL & took this pic of their memorial. Say their names. 3/8 Image
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I have the duty to enforce MN law & @GovTimWalz’s Stay Safe MN order, protect Minnesotans’ health & protect businesses complying w the order from unfair competition. I take that duty seriously. This is why I’m suing St. Cloud-area Shady’s bars/restaurants. ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communi…
The vast majority of Minnesota’s bar & restaurant owners are doing the right thing during the #COVID19 crisis by keeping their doors closed & protecting their employees & customers. I know it’s hard on them. They deserve the thanks of all of us for doing the right thing.
Some owners have said they don’t want to wait any longer & want to reopen illegally. We’ve reached out to them to educate them about their rights & responsibilities and the risks to Minnesotans’ health of reopening illegally. Almost all have agreed to comply & I thank them.
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