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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for 2025-09-30 ( 12 items )  
Bird Flu-Related Killing of Nearly Half a Million Turkeys Prompts PETA Memorial, Call to Go Vegan (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 30 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Bird Flu-Related Killing of Nearly Half a Million Turkeys Prompts PETA Memorial, Call to Go Vegan Following reports that hundreds of thousands of turkeys have been killed in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana because of bird flu in the last month alone, PETA plans to place a memorial in their honor in Minneapolis, pointing out who's respons more PR

Brown to Present at ICLEF Program (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Brown to Present at ICLEF Program * Taft partner Josh Brown will lead a panel discussion and presentation on Sept. 30 titled "Business Set Up and Growth Through Franchising and Other Structures." The program, hosted by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), will explore in-depth how businesses can be structured and grown through franchising and other models. Regist more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: So much fraud (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * So much fraud By Bill Glahn But how much? Estimates range above $6 billion (with a "b") just for the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). "Health and human services" outpaces the general category of "education" to represent the biggest share of the state budget. Here's how  more PR

Justice Department Sues Minnesota Over Sanctuary Policies (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Sues Minnesota Over Sanctuary Policies Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis, the City of St. Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna S. Witt over the State's, Cities', and County's sanctuary city policies that interfere with the federal government's enforcement of i more PR

Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve Suspended (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release: * * * Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve suspended Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve has been suspended for one game for her conduct and comments during and following the Lynx's 84-76 loss to the Mercury at PHX Arena in Phoenix on Friday, it was announced today by the WNBA. Her conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the c more PR

New Poll: Majority of Minnesotans Demand Assault Weapons Ban; Pressure Mounts As Governor Walz Fails to Call Special Session One Month After Annunciation Church School Shooting (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * New Poll: Majority of Minnesotans Demand Assault Weapons Ban; Pressure Mounts As Governor Walz Fails to Call Special Session One Month After Annunciation Church School Shooting * MINNEAPOLIS - One month after the Annunciation Catholic School mass shooting, a new statewide poll shows that Minnesotans overwhelmingly want lawmakers to act: 60% of Minnesota voters believe the legislat more PR

New study links genetic variation to chemotherapy-related liver damage in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases (10)
ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Sept. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * New study links genetic variation to chemotherapy-related liver damage in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases * ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver experience more severe liver damage after chemotherapy. Fo more PR

Saudi German Health strengthens relationship with Mayo Clinic, becoming largest group of Mayo Clinic Care Network members in the region (10)
ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Sept. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * Saudi German Health strengthens relationship with Mayo Clinic, becoming largest group of Mayo Clinic Care Network members in the region * RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Saudi German Health (SGH), a leading healthcare provider and pioneer in advancing medical excellence across the region, today announced a major expansion of its relationship with Mayo Clinic. This m more PR

Sonex Health Urges CMS to Revise Work Valuations for New Carpal Tunnel Procedure (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sonex Health Inc., Eagan, Minnesota, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) advocating for a reevaluation of the proposed work values assigned to the newly established CPT code 647XX, which pertains to an innovative ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release procedure. The letter highlights concerns that CMS's current work and malpractice relative value units (RVUs) proposals underestimate the complexity and time required  more ST

Taft FinTech Chair to Speak at the WTS Global Shaping Tomorrow's Capital Markets Conference in Frankfurt (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft FinTech Chair to Speak at the WTS Global Shaping Tomorrow's Capital Markets Conference in Frankfurt * Richard B. Levin, the Chair of Taft's FinTech Practice will be a speaker on a panel discussion titled "Tokenisation, DLT, and the Digitisation of Financial Markets" at the WTS Global Shaping Tomorrow's Capital Markets conference on October 9 in Frankfurt, Germany. The session  more PR

UMD International Student Services Associate Director, Program Coordinator Oppose Fixed Admission Period For International Students (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) International Student Services Associate Director Anna Gilmore and Program Coordinator Alexa Oleson submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strongly opposing a proposed rule that would establish a fixed time period of admission for nonimmigrant academic students and exchange visitors. The writers urged the agency to withdraw the rule in its entirety, stating it would hurt both domestic and in more ST

Wholesale Produce Supply of Minneapolis, Minnesota is Recalling Fresh Cut/Processed Cantaloupe, Because It Has the Potential to Be Contaminated With Listeria Monocytogenes (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * Wholesale Produce Supply of Minneapolis, Minnesota is Recalling Fresh Cut/Processed Cantaloupe, Because it has the Potential to be Contaminated With Listeria Monocytogenes Summary Company Announcement Date: September 29, 2025 FDA Publish Date: September 29, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Fruit/Fruit Product Foodborne Illness Reason for Anno more PR