Metro
The government-sanctioned facilities would allow people to use heroin or other drugs under the supervision of healthcare workers. Though such programs operate in other cities around the world, none have been established in the U.S. — yet.
Metro
Key to the debate around the city’s proposed comprehensive plan is this: Who, or what areas, should absorb the brunt of growth to help Minneapolis reach its goals around housing, transportation and employment?
Metro
Navigation centers have become a popular way for cities to address homelessness: giving people a place to sleep with few restrictions, where they can also get advice on housing, employment, addiction and other health issues.
Metro
An updated version of the proposed comprehensive plan is set to released sometime next week.
Politics & Policy
Minneapolis officials want to clear the homeless encampment by the end of September. But that is probably just the beginning of an effort to connect the camp’s residents with shelter and other services before winter.
Politics & Policy
There’s a desire among Minneapolis officials to respond to pleas for greater police accountability, but whether the current proposal would actually lead to better results is unclear.
Community Voices
Not only will Council Member Cam Gordon’s proposal weaken the city’s authority over the MPD, it represents the wrong response to the very real issues affecting police-community relations in Minneapolis.
Politics & Policy
The application, FieldWatch, gives every officer in the field with an iPhone the ability to stream video from his or her location back to a central command center.
Politics & Policy
Presented to Minneapolis planning commission Thursday afternoon, the update is meant to guide city policy making around development, zoning and infrastructure through 2040.
Politics & Policy
The term is used to describe a variety of local measures that either require or encourage developers of larger residential buildings to make a certain percentage of the rental units in a project available to lower income people at less-than-market rents.
