Kyle Stokes at Axios is reporting a ridesharing compromise between legislators and the Minneapolis City Council:
Bailey Hurley at KSTP is reporting hospital leaders back in March announced plans to close North Memorial’s neonatal intensive care unit, close all outpatient mental health services and eliminate some inpatient mental health beds in Robbinsdale. The Minnesota Nurses Association says a group of nurses from North Memorial opposes those cuts and plans to publicly denounce them on Monday afternoon.
Tim Harlow at the Star Tribune is reporting members of fire departments in Eagan and Eden Prairie are mourning after learning that firefighter Joseph C. Johns was fatally shot early Sunday in south Minneapolis behind the former Whiskey Junction bar.
Via Bring Me the News: Tracy Byrd, an English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, is the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Via MPR News: Minnesota’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team is heading to the playoffs in its inaugural season.
Jared Kaufman at the Pioneer Press is reporting Kyu-Young Kim, the well-respected artistic director and principal violin of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, is stepping down as the group’s musical leader, effective when the current season ends in early June. He’ll remain principal violinist.
Dana Thiede at KARE 11 has the details on which Twin Cities concerts, including Vampire Weekend, Orville Peck and Janet Jackson, Live Nation will be selling $25 tickets for during their annual Concert Week event.
Trump coming to town on May 17:
