Fight Back (2023-05-31). Minnesota legislative session wraps up with historic progressive gains: Years of grassroots organizing paved the way, creating stark contrast with Republican-controlled states. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – The 2023 Minnesota legislative session ended on May 22, and it's one for the history books. A wide array of progressive measures that working class and oppressed peoples' movements in Minnesota have demanded for years and even decades became law, as the Republicans howled from the sidelines but didn't have the votes to stop it. | The stage was set for this when the Democrats bucked predictions of Republican gains in the November 2022 election, with Democratic Governor Tim Walz handily winning re-election, and the Democrats winning a slim majority in both the state House and Senate. This Democrati…