August 1, 2022 Minnesota Now Meet the Candidate: Paul Ostrow runs for Hennepin County Attorney By Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn For the first time in 24 years, voters in Hennepin County are voting for a new county attorney. The...

July 22, 2022 Meet the Hennepin County Attorney candidate: Paul Ostrow He said connections between Minneapolis, the suburbs and exurbs, as well as law enforcement and communities are “desperately needed” and that the Hennepin County Attorney is in the unique...

Brady v. Maryland and the Constitutional Imperative of Procedural Justice: How Brady policies can build transparency and trust and support good policing. By Abigail Cerra and Paul Ostrow Anyone who watches crime shows regularly or is an occasional student of...

June 29, 2022 (Golden Valley, MN) – A consortium of Hennepin County Leagues of Women Voters (Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, Crystal/New Hope/East Plymouth/Robbinsdale, Edina, Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Minnetonka/Eden Prairie/Hopkins, St. Louis Park, and Wayzata/Plymouth) co-hosted the Hennepin County Attorney Candidate Forum...

May 24, 2022 (HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN) – In a move presently unmatched by fellow challengers in the Hennepin County Attorney’s race,  Assistant Anoka County Attorney and former Minneapolis Council President Paul Ostrow has announced plans for robust and sweeping measures...

May 11, 2022 (Minneapolis, MN) – Minnesota and Hennepin County know the pain caused by this rising trend far too well – and the nation saw a 15 percent increase in deaths from overdoses in 2021 according to this important...

THESE ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.   The killing of Amir Locke during a no-knock warrant and the revelation that MPD continues to train its officers in “excited delirium” are two more consequences of a...