ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today visited a school in St. Paul to highlight legislative efforts to prevent books bans based on ideology. With more than 1,400 instances of books banned in the first half of the 2022-23 school year across the nation, this proposed legislation would ensure such restrictions don't happen in Minnesota. "Our commitment to maki more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 22 -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Four Seasons Hotel Miami is set to ignite the city's culinary scene as it welcomes James Beard Award-winning Chef Nina Compton and her highly acclaimed restaurant Compere Lapin for a monthlong residency beginning Friday, April 19, 2024. After living in New York and Miami, Chef Compton fell in love with New Orleans, where she opened her first restaurant Compere Lapin, garnering critical acclai more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 22 -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: With the goal of bringing people together, providing memorable experiences and celebrating each season, Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis announces a new series: Mara in Season presented by RBC Wealth Management. Taking place four times per year, each event features a surprise Hotel experience followed by a collaborative, multi-course tasting menu at Mara where Chef Gavin Kaysen and his team cook more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 21 -- Fredrikson and Byron, a law firm, issued the following news: Fredrikson attorney Loan T. Huynh has been named a 2024 Women in Business honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Honorees are selected because of their outstanding professional achievements, leadership qualities and contributions to the region. According to the Business Journal, they represent a wide swath of industries and include entrepreneurs growing their businesses, high-level ex more PR

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wisconsin, March 22 -- Mid-State Technical College issued the following news: Mid-State Technical College welcomed middle and high school students active in FFA to compete in the annual agricultural technology FFA Career Development Events (CDE) competition on March 19. Over 750 students from across Wisconsin and Minnesota attended the competition, making it Mid-State's largest FFA CDE event to date. The competition covered a range of contests, including forestry, floricultur more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development issued the following news on March 21, 2024: The state's unemployment rate remained at 2.7% in February, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Nationally, the unemployment rate ticked up two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.9%. Minnesota's labor force participation rate is at 67.9% while the national labor force parti more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Governor Tim Walz today signed two bills into law that will transfer programs from the Department of Human Services to new state agencies. Chapter 80, House File 3646 codifies the Department of Children, Youth, and Families into statute. This will direct programs currently run by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Education, and Public Safety to come together to improve th more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on March 21, 2024: This week the Senate Health and Human Services committee heard legislation (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=SF3674&y=2024&ssn=0&b=senate) authored by Senator Karin Housley (R-Stillwater) that seeks to address infrastructure needs of smaller hospitals. The bill's language would allow hospitals with a licensed capacity of 130 beds or less to transfer up to 100 of those more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on March 21, 2024: This week Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) brought forward a bill that looks ahead to the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. This legislation creates a commission that will focus on outreach throughout the state that teaches Minnesotans about the historic events that led to America's birth. This will be part of a larger celebration known as America 250, which is a natio more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 22 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following statement on March 21, 2024, by State Sen. Julia Coleman, R-Waconia: * * * Today, Senator Julia Coleman (R-Waconia) made a motion on the Senate floor to move SF 733 from committee, where it has sat for nearly a year, to the Senate's General Orders, making it eligible for a future floor vote. The bill would make a straw purchase of a gun a felony under Minnesota law; currently the crime is a gross misde more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 22 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: On March 4, 2024, after more than two years of litigation, an eight-person jury for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of Taft client Forest River, Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicles, in a trademark infringement case against inTech Trailers, Inc. The jury found that inTech willfully infringed Forest River's DELLA TERRA and mountain  more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 22 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft has secured an order enjoining an unconstitutional state law that would have diverted $56 million in local income-tax, or LIT, revenue away from the City of Carmel, Indiana. The enjoined law capped Carmel's (and only Carmel's) revenues under Indiana's statutory LIT formula. Taft argued that this special law violated Article 4, Section 23 of Indiana's Constitution, which forbids special legislation if a genera more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 22 (TNSres) -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft partner Rob Bilott will be a featured speaker at the 33rd Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium: The Power of Legal Storytelling on April 12. The symposium will focus on a variety of topics, from analyzing argumentation and screenwriting methods as forms of advocacy and persuasion in the law to using film and television adaptations to convey important legal and ethical messages. For more information or  more PR