New Minnesota laws take effect July 1st
Updated: Jun. 24, 2019 at 2:25 PM CDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - Starting July 1, Minnesotans who rape their spouses can be charged with sexual assault, wage theft becomes a crime and drug manufacturers will help shoulder the state's costs of responding to the opioid epidemic.
Those are some of the new laws taking effect July 1 along with the state’s new $48 billion budget. T
he budget also includes new money for education, corrections offices and Minnesota’s neediest families.
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