Minnesota Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday
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Published: Jan. 26, 2023 at 10:49 PM CST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota Senate passed a bill Thursday that would make Juneteenth a state holiday.
The bill passed 57-8.
Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, the bill’s author, says while his hope is that private employers also honor the holiday, the passing of the holiday will be for state-level government jobs only.
Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday in 2021.
It celebrates the end of slavery in the United States
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