Dave Orrick with the Star Tribune reports Uber will leave the Twin Cities Metro May 1 following the overriding of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of a ride share ordinance that increases pay for drivers. Lyft said they would end operations in Minneapolis when the ordinance takes effect.
Associated Press covered Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul Thursday. “Although Democratic leaders in Minnesota have protected abortion access, neighboring states have banned or severely restricted the procedure with policies that Harris described as ‘immoral.'”
Via KAAL: Former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins’ exit from Minnesota has prompted an investigation by the NFL. “The NFL is reviewing whether the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles violated tampering policies during the legal tampering window, a league spokesman said Thursday.”
Pioneer Press has a story about Dean S. Phillips, a “modest,” unassuming welder in St. Paul who left $1 million to Gillette Children’s in St. Paul after his death.
Kare11 spoke with Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara about how a combination of burnout among officers and a rise in juvenile crime across the city is nearing a “crisis.”
Northern News Now spoke with students at Proctor High School following a lockdown Wednesday prompted by reports of a gunman. “According to a letter from the school district to parents late Wednesday night, the student was actually carrying a piece of broken computer and tapping it on lockers.”
