If the Minnesota state Capitol feels different lately, it’s not just the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) enjoying the “trifecta” – control of both houses in the Legislature plus the governor’s office – for the first time in 10 years.
It’s also the marijuana – as in a detectable whiff from the direction of state Rep. Jessica Hanson.
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A second-term lawmaker whose first foray into politics was serving as executive director for a legalization advocacy organization, Hanson co-sponsored bipartisan adult-use legalization legislation that was reintroduced last week.
The bill, which passed the state House last year, is expected to get a friendlier reception this year in the now-DFL-majority Senate.
“We elected people at a grassroots level to the Legislature in this state who care about this issue,” said Hanson, believed to be the first admitted cannabis consumer elected to state office in Minnesota.
The rosy outlook and
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