AXIOS Axios Twin Cities — Minnesota is set to join a growing number of states that ban racial discrimination related to hairstyles. The DFL-majority Senate passed the so-called "Crown Act" 45-19 on Thursday. The bill, which cleared the House earlier this month, now heads to Gov. Tim Walz's desk. The legislation adds protections to the Minnesota Human Rights Act for "traits associated with race, including but not limited to texture and hairstyles such as braids, locs, and twists." Read more.

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE: ST. PAUL — A bill that would create specific protections against discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles has passed in the Minnesota House and awaits a vote in the Senate. The CROWN Act, sponsored by Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, would add hairstyle protections to the state’s existing human rights statute. If signed into law by the governor, hairstyles and textures would be added to the definition of race in the Minnesota Human Rights Act, offering protections for “braids, locs and twists.” Read more.