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Cannabis agency drops plans for licensing fast track, early 2025 retail launch in Minnesota grows doubtful

Cannabis agency drops plans for licensing fast track, early 2025 retail launch in Minnesota grows doubtful

Amid legal disputes, Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management will no longer hold a preapproval lottery for certain marijuana business applicants. Instead, the process will be revamped heading into 2025, making an early-year launch to retail sales difficult to achieve.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Brian Bakst

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Fire at Minneapolis encampment spreads to nearby home

Fire at Minneapolis encampment spreads to nearby home

Crews arrived to find several tents in the encampment fully engulfed in flames and propane tanks exploding, as well as a neighboring home that had caught fire.
by MPR News Staff

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Driver who crashed into Park Tavern pleads not guilty

Driver who crashed into Park Tavern pleads not guilty

The man accused of crashing his vehicle into a Twin Cities restaurant patio earlier this year, killing two people, pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Mayor Jacob Frey vetoes 2025 budget approved by Minneapolis City Council

Mayor Jacob Frey vetoes 2025 budget approved by Minneapolis City Council

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday afternoon that he is vetoing the 2025 budget approved by the city council late Tuesday night. The budget had passed with enough votes to override a veto.
by Cari Spencer

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Developers break ground on $500 million Duluth hilltop housing development

Developers break ground on $500 million Duluth hilltop housing development

The project, called Incline Village, on the former site of Duluth Central High School, is expected to include nearly 1,200 market rate condos and apartments and 80,000 square feet of retail.
by Dan Kraker

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Name a Snowplow contest: MnDOT issues annual call for a flurry of ideas

Name a Snowplow contest: MnDOT issues annual call for a flurry of ideas

With a fresh coating of snow across northern Minnesota and subzero cold on the way statewide, it’s an apt time for the launch of the state Department of Transportation’s annual Name a Snowplow contest.
by Andrew Krueger

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Public safety officials gather in Minneapolis for national conference

Public safety officials gather in Minneapolis for national conference

At a public safety conference in Minneapolis this week, law enforcement officials from across the country are marking progress in addressing violent crime. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara took stock of this year’s crime statistics in the city.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Backers of proposed resort expansion near Ely drop plans amid state lawsuit

Backers of proposed resort expansion near Ely drop plans amid state lawsuit

Backers of a proposed $45 million expansion of Silver Rapids Lodge near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have dropped their plans after a lawsuit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
by Dan Kraker

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