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Mayor Frey's state of the city: Minneapolis 'is coming back’

Mayor Frey's state of the city: Minneapolis 'is coming back’

The mayor highlighted public and private efforts to revitalize underdeveloped corridors of the city, to increase the supply of affordable housing and he touted dropping violent crime as evidence that Minneapolis is rebounding. 
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Feds digging deeper into past of man indicted in Minneapolis mosque arsons

Feds digging deeper into past of man indicted in Minneapolis mosque arsons

Jackie Rahm Little pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and damage to religious property. Investigators are looking now into Little’s possible motivations and reviewing similar attacks to see if he might be connected, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota said Thursday.
by Matt Sepic and Tim Nelson

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U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

Two experts from the United Nations Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) were at the Twin Cities Urban League Headquarters in North Minneapolis as part of a fact-gathering tour across the country.
by Nicole Ki

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Afro Deli owner named national small business owner of the year

Afro Deli owner named national small business owner of the year

Abdirahman Kahin, a native of the east-African nation Djibouti, started with one restaurant near the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus and now has four establishments in the Twin Cities.
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‘Lord Split Me Open’: The raw art of Cameron Patricia Downey 

‘Lord Split Me Open’: The raw art of Cameron Patricia Downey 

In her first-ever solo exhibition, “Lord Split Me Open,” at the Hair and Nails gallery in Minneapolis, artist Cameron Patricia Downey explores themes of memory, archive and the intersection of fact and fiction. Downey's gravity-defying artwork incorporates a range of mediums, from sculpture to film, and often features found objects and repetition.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Ancient vessels and fresh ingredients: MIA and local chef team up for neighborhood boost

Ancient vessels and fresh ingredients: MIA and local chef team up for neighborhood boost

The Minneapolis Institute of Art tapped local chef Tammy Wong to prepare a multi-course menu for a lavish, after-hours banquet inside one of its exhibit Wednesday night. For both Wong and the organizers, it was a chance to bring people together again in the Whittier neighborhood after a tough few years.
by Ngoc Bui

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Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case

Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.
by Nina Totenberg

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When a county seizes a home over taxes, who should get to keep the equity?

When a county seizes a home over taxes, who should get to keep the equity?

The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears a property rights case involving a Minnesota woman who had her condominium seized and sold by Hennepin County after she failed to pay her property taxes.
by Abbey Machtig and Kirsti Marohn

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Minn. officials hope mitigation efforts withstand 'critical challenge' of flooding

Minn. officials hope mitigation efforts withstand 'critical challenge' of flooding

Even though flood prevention has gotten better, this year’s high water levels are still affecting some Minnesotans. Some basements in Stillwater and several homes near riverbanks are flooding this spring.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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