Six months in, Hennepin County Sheriff Hutchinson is focused on the department’s morale — and its brand
“The public wants us to do 21st-century law enforcement,” Hutchinson said. “They want us to buy into this new age of law enforcement.”
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What happens after ICE arrests someone in Minnesota
Last week, President Donald Trump announced ICE raids would take place in cities across the U.S., primarily targeting people with previous criminal convictions or deportation orders.
Amazon strike highlights strikingly different takes on working conditions inside Shakopee facility
The rally, which was organized by three Somali-American women, drew well over 100 supporters, including a bevy of elected DFL officeholders, representatives from local labor unions and even Amazon tech workers from Seattle.
Minneapolis officials get an earful about proposed rules on renter screening, security deposits
City Council President Lisa Bender and Council Member Jeremiah Ellison are writing new language based on feedback from landlords, renters and colleagues that followed the release of draft ordinances.
After outcry, committee pauses plan to alter vehicle traffic on Minnehaha Parkway
The move comes in response to criticism of a draft of the Minnehaha Regional Trail Master Plan, which called for new concrete medians at four key intersections.
As St. Paul rolls out restorative justice program for first-time offenders, officials encounter a skeptical public
The program will rely on neighbors volunteering to work through cases, and their job isn’t to decide guilt or innocence but to humanize the criminal justice process.
Your very specific Twin Cities recycling questions, answered
Post-It notes? Lawn signs? Bottle caps of all kinds? Your guide to recycling’s edge cases.
As Minneapolis minimum wage ticks up, city prepares to address more violations
Up to this point, the law hasn’t impacted many employers in Minneapolis, since most already paid rates above the law’s pre-2019 requirements. That changes July 1.
The Minneapolis City Council wants another shot at reining in short-term rentals
Council Member Steve Fletcher said there is broad consensus on the council that Minneapolis needs to update its regulations, even if they haven’t nailed down specifics.
Winslowe Ladybird Neetenbeek has the coolest cat name in Minneapolis — and other revelations from the city’s pet registry
Vying for the best cat names in Minneapolis? Ted Meowsby, Jazzpurr and Winslowe Ladybird Neetenbeek.
What’s behind the epidemic of broken escalators in downtown Minneapolis?
Escalators are an ongoing headache for property owners says Mike Salmen, managing principal of the Twin Cities office of Transwestern. “They’re frequently out of commission,” he says. On the other hand, “stairs don’t usually break.”
Top concerns for Metro Transit police-chief finalists: homelessness, diversity
Minneapolis police inspector Eddie Frizell and Metro Transit interim chief A.J. Olson are vying for the position.
Millennials get all the credit for embracing city living. But the trend started with Generation X
Boomers tended to show a preference for suburbs as they approached their 30s. Not so for subsequent generations.
Minneapolis renters’ input informs new housing-stability proposals
“They have emergency situations, or a family member passes away,” said one renter, and soon people in crisis risk eviction and future denials of housing. Proposals are being developed to address these and other tenant issues, drawing pushback from some landlords.
In the Twin Cities, men bike to work at twice the rate women do. That’s actually better than a lot of U.S. cities
Cycling gender gaps are attributed, variously, to notions that women don’t feel as safe biking in traffic or being exposed on the street as men; are expected to adhere to a higher standard of put-togetherness at work; or are more often responsible for shuttling kids around, which makes biking more difficult.
What now for Metro Transit’s bus rapid transit plans?
The 2019 state budget deal omits any money for new transit, which means Saturday’s celebration of the opening of the C Line BRT could be the last party of its kind for some time.
Minneapolis homeless navigation center closes, even as need remains acute
Twin Cities officials are already anticipating the reappearance of homeless encampments this summer.
How much will Minneapolis’ 2040 plan actually help with housing affordability in the city?
For all the buzz generated by the plan’s call to eliminate single-family zoning, less attention has been paid to the notion of if, or to what extent, the change will alter housing affordability in Minneapolis.
Will Thor Construction’s closure affect plans for the Upper Harbor Terminal?
Council member Phillipe Cunningham is confident any replacement for Thor will meet the city and community’s expectations, especially around including people of color.
Paper, plastic, neither, both? Assessing a grocery-bag fee in Minneapolis
A grocery bag fee probably would reduce their use — but that has some side effects.