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Minneapolis set to spend more than $100M in pandemic funds

Minneapolis set to spend more than $100M in pandemic funds

Mayor Jacob Frey said the spending would focus on affordable housing, public safety and supporting small businesses owned by Black and Indigenous people and other people of color.
by Jon Collins

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Judge sides with Minneapolis residents who want more cops

Judge sides with Minneapolis residents who want more cops

The City of Minneapolis has failed to maintain the required minimum staff level of the Minneapolis Police Department and must increase the number of officers, according to a court order issued Thursday. However, the order doesn’t call for the city to hire more officers.
by Riham Feshir

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Leaders: Minneapolis police field training needs better oversight

Leaders: Minneapolis police field training needs better oversight

A report from the city’s Audit Committee released Monday comes several days after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin had served as a field training officer for Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng — both of whom face aiding and abetting charges in Floyd’s killing.
by Tim Nelson

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Twin Cities part of White House effort to curb violence

Twin Cities part of White House effort to curb violence

President Joe Biden’s plan focuses on keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them as well as provides help for intervention and prevention efforts.
by MPR News Staff

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As cases decline, 3 Twin Cities COVID-19 testing sites are closing

As cases decline, 3 Twin Cities COVID-19 testing sites are closing

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all abating, and so is demand for COVID-19 testing. State officials are shuttering three COVID-19 testing sites in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington as a result.
by Catharine Richert

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Art Hounds: COVID-19 and mourning on film, plus other emotion-provoking performances

Art Hounds: COVID-19 and mourning on film, plus other emotion-provoking performances

Yeej Moua debuts his short film, “The Wind Always Strikes the Highest Mountain,” for the Northern Spark festival’s final weekend. Minnesota artists explore issues of disability and theater at Full Circle. And Laura Sellner has a new EP.
by Emily Bright

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Come for the celebration, stay for the vaccine: Juneteenth events offer shots, too

Come for the celebration, stay for the vaccine: Juneteenth events offer shots, too

Twin Cities public health departments, volunteer nurses and community organizations are teaming up to offer COVID-19 vaccines during an array of Juneteenth festivities this weekend. Meanwhile, the state is inching toward its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of Minnesotans 16 and older by July 1.
by Catharine Richert

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Council presses Frey on contract for reopening 38th and Chicago

Council presses Frey on contract for reopening 38th and Chicago

Minneapolis City Council members on Thursday questioned why Mayor Jacob Frey used emergency pandemic powers to contract with a community group tasked with reopening the intersection where George Floyd was murdered.
by Jon Collins

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Man faces murder, assault charges in death of Winston Smith protester

Man faces murder, assault charges in death of Winston Smith protester

Nicholas Kraus, 35, allegedly crashed a Jeep SUV into a car that was parked across the traffic lanes to protect people protesting the police killing of Winston Smith. The force of the collision pushed the car into Deona Erickson and others nearby. Erickson was killed.
by Matt Sepic

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