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Harding High stabbing renews debate over cops in St. Paul schools

Harding High stabbing renews debate over cops in St. Paul schools

The killing of 15-year-old Devin Scott on Feb. 10 — allegedly by a 16-year-old fellow Harding High student — renewed the debate in St. Paul over school resource officers, also called SROs. 
by Matt Sepic

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Environmental justice activists continue fight against Roof Depot demolition

Environmental justice activists continue fight against Roof Depot demolition

Activists in south Minneapolis have set up tents to occupy the site of a planned expansion of a city public works facility. They're concerned demolition of the Roof Depot building on the 8.5-acre former superfund site will lead to more pollution in the neighborhood. 
by Jon Collins and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Record snowstorm poses challenges for travel and parking

Record snowstorm poses challenges for travel and parking

City and state officials are advising people to stay home and find off-street parking if possible to help plows clear already snow-narrowed roads.
by Nicole Ki

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Jimmy Lee Recreation Center reopens with focus on community

Jimmy Lee Recreation Center reopens with focus on community

The Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, located in the heart of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, reopened Saturday after an employee shot and critically injured a 16-year-old in the parking lot. In the past month, staff has focused on re-evaluating safety procedures and helping the community heal.
by Simone Cazares

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Frey: Affordable rental housing in Minneapolis surged last year

Frey: Affordable rental housing in Minneapolis surged last year

The number of affordable rental housing units created in Minneapolis last year was about three times higher than the yearly average for most of the last decade. 
by Jon Collins

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Minneapolis City Council eyeing next step toward funding sidewalk clearing

Minneapolis City Council eyeing next step toward funding sidewalk clearing

The proposal from two council members would begin as soon as 2024 and cover the entire 2,000-mile city sidewalk network by 2027. There’s a public forum Wednesday night and a meeting Thursday.
by Tim Nelson

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Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct

Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct

There’s been a drive for decades to diversify the nation’s mostly white police forces, including in the Twin Cities. But the recent fatal beating of a Black man by five Black Memphis police officers has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality. 
by Sarah Thamer and Jon Collins

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Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people

Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people

Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Marchers said that the issue needs to be taken more seriously with better help from media and law enforcement.
by Sam Stroozas and Mathew Holding Eagle III

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