“It doesn't cover video game consoles, medical gear, farm or construction equipment, digital security tools, or cars. But in demanding that manuals, tools, and parts be made available for most electronics and appliances, Minnesota's recently passed right-to-repair bill covers the most ground of any US state yet.

The Digital Right to Repair Bill, passed as part of an omnibus legislation and signed by Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday, "fills in many of the loopholes that watered down the New York Right to Repair legislation," said Nathan Proctor, senior director for the Public Interest Research Group's right-to-repair campaign, in a post. “


[arstechnica.com]

But they shouldn’t have left out video game consoles, medical gear, farm or construction equipment, digital security tools, or cars. Obviously the legislators were bought and paid for regarding those products. Sad.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

Is a start!

Of course they let John Deere slide because how many farmers could there be in Minnesota?