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The 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2024, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota Legislature. Primaries took place on August 13, 2024. [1]
Scott County was established and organized by an Act passed in the legislature on March 5, 1853. The 369-square-mile (960 km 2) county was named after General Winfield Scott. Settlers started entering the area in the mid-1850s. The Minnesota River and the ox cart trails were the primary transportation routes.
Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment. This principle was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. [1]
Roseau County (/ r oʊ ˈ z oʊ /) is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Canada–US border.As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,331. [1]
Traverse County (locally / ˈ t r æ v ər s / TRAV-ərss) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,360, [2] making it the least-populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Wheaton. [3] The county was founded in 1862 and organized in 1881. [4]
On February 23, 1854, the legislature partitioned the northern part of Fillmore County, plus a small section of Wabasha, to create Winona County, with the village of Winona as county seat. [3] The county name was taken from the village name, which is said to derive from a Dakota legend about a woman, Winona, (a relative of Chief Wabasha ) who ...
On October 27, 1849, part of that county was partitioned off to create Wabashaw County of the Minnesota Territory. [5] On February 23, 1854, the territorial legislature authorized the partitioning of sections of Wabashaw to create Fillmore County [6] and Houston County. [7] An election on April 4, 1854, allowed the county government to be ...