Gun control measures advance in Minnesota and Illinois Senate.

The Minnesota Senate has passed a public safety budget package that includes two gun law changes expanding background checks to more sales and allowing for temporary removal of guns from people in crisis. The bill faced opposition from Senate Republicans and raised doubts about whether the bill would get the support of every Senate Democrat. The bill also includes boosts in funding for Minnesota courts, youth intervention and restorative programs, reworking the pardons process, allowing prison inmates to shave time off their incarceration, and limits on the use of no-knock search warrants by police.