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New rapid transit bus line connecting the Twin Cities is set to open Saturday
The Metro B Line essentially replaces Metro Transit’s slowest bus, Route 21. The 13-mile line is expected to run faster and stop less between Union Depot in St. Paul and Lake and France streets in Minneapolis
The murals spoke out: Reflecting on protest art in the wake of George Floyd's murder
After George Floyd’s murder, a group of Minneapolis artists formed Creatives After Curfew to process grief and demand justice through murals — work that once drew wide support but now faces fading interest and shifting cultural priorities.
Frey asks city attorney to help revive parts of dismissed federal agreement on MPD
Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday directing the city to move forward with police reforms that would have been required under the federal consent decree that never came to be, after the 171-page agreement was abandoned by the Trump Administration and laid to rest by a judge.
Minneapolis leaders call for review of police role in federal search on Lake Street
The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to request the Office of City Auditor to look into whether the police department violated the city’s separation ordinance, which forbids local police from enforcing federal immigration laws.
The Minneapolis City Council Thursday approved the terms of a $900,000 settlement in the case of a person who was 16 years old when she was sexually assaulted by a Minneapolis police officer.