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Minneapolis headed for potential 'never-ending loop' in community safety commissioner nomination

Minneapolis headed for potential 'never-ending loop' in community safety commissioner nomination

The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey are in a disagreement over whether to reappoint current commissioner Todd Barnette to another term. The city attorney says they could be at a standstill, without votes to either overturn a mayoral veto or confirm Barnette’s appointment.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Minneapolis City Council considers ordinance to protect immigrant renters

Minneapolis City Council considers ordinance to protect immigrant renters

The proposal seeks to limit how landlords screen tenants, including banning questions about immigration status. If adopted, the ordinance would allow for enforcement actions including fines and potential impacts to landlords’ rental licenses.
by Sarah Thamer

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey named to Time 100 list

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey named to Time 100 list

Frey’s entry in the magazine calls him the city’s “adopted son” who was drawn to Minneapolis after running a marathon. “His three terms as mayor have been an endurance test of another sort,” it reads.
by MPR News Staff

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Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later

Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later

A Minneapolis exhibition marks 50 years of WARM, a pioneering feminist art collective that created space for women artists and helped reshape the local and national art scenes.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Adult bathhouses were a part of Minneapolis nightlife. Then police and panic pushed them out

Adult bathhouses were a part of Minneapolis nightlife. Then police and panic pushed them out

Forty years after the adult bathhouse ban was passed, the city council is considering reversing it. A myriad of components led to the ban, but for several decades, public sexual spaces in Minneapolis were an active part of downtown.
by Sam Stroozas

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Minneapolis prepares to break ground at George Floyd Square

Minneapolis prepares to break ground at George Floyd Square

City staff are holding public informational meetings this week about reconstruction plans at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis ahead of a planned June groundbreaking.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Lakota artist’s solo exhibition captures the tradition of storytelling

Lakota artist’s solo exhibition captures the tradition of storytelling

Danielle SeeWalker shares artworks inspired by grandmothers and elders in her solo exhibition, Uŋči Said So. The exhibition opens Friday at All My Relations Arts gallery in Minneapolis.
by Chandra Colvin

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