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St. Paul, Minn. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota thanks the Minnesota Department of Education for concluding their investigation of Tarek ibn Zayad Academy charter school and reporting their findings in a timely fashion.
On Wednesday, May 14, the Coalition to March on the RNC (whom the the ACLU represents) and Stop the War received an alternate permit for their demonstration on September 1, 2008.
On Monday, May 12, Governor Pawlenty signed the fourth of four voting rights bills.
The first bill, HF1546, authorized the post office to send change of address information to city clerks to allow for automatic updates of voting lists. This bill became law on April 3, 2008.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota sent a letter on Friday May 9, 2008 to Dilworth - Glyndon - Felton High School advising them to change their unconstitutional pledge policy. Three students were suspended after failing to stand for the pledge of allegiance.
A House and Senate conference committee brought the 2008 Transportation Policy bill to the House Floor yesterday with a provision that would have allowed police to pull over any car whose occupants were not wearing their seat belts.
The Minneapolis City Council has set May 21 as the date for the public hearing over the city's Lurking Ordinance.