Month: July 2022

Plus – Met Council approves final Metro Transit E Line plan; Minneapolis officials promise “significant presence” at Aquatennial festival; First Avenue gets backlash for allowing Dave Chappelle perform; and many more….

How will the team look with Rudy Gobert as the center of defense and Karl-Anthony Towns moving forward? Is Anthony Edwards ready to take on the staring role?…

Unintended consequences were the result of gaining major party status. By registering signatures on a petition, minor parties can control who runs under their party’s name. Major parties do not. Anyone with a filing fee in 2020 could be eligible to run under either of these legalization parties. …

Former judge and county prosecutor, she said that her relationships and know-how allow her to improve public safety as well as police accountability. …

plus: Flanagan criticizes Birk’s recent abortion comments; Ilhanomar is arrested outside the U.S Supreme Court; Buxton scores a home run at the MLB All-Star Game; and many other things….

plus: Two bullets struck Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis; antisemitic, anti-Black, and anti-LGBTQ+ comments were found on Edina Public Schools’ tennis courts; Morris City Council dissolves the city’s police force; and many other things….

Recent weeks have seen Democrats raise the possibility of a state referendum on abortion in 2024. Republicans, however, are likely to attempt such a maneuver if the Minnesota House or Senate is controlled after the fall elections. Republicans have so far not discussed it. …

Omar will face well-funded opponents in the Aug. 9 primary. The Democrat who wins in November will be facing a well-funded opponent, even though the seat is safe for Democrats. Democrat Ettinger, who is running in the 1st district, made large loans to his campaign in a safe Republican district….

According to the Majority Leader of DFL-led Minnesota House of Representatives, partnership building and focusing prosecutorial resources upon violent crime will ensure public safety. …

Plus : Walz will not ask AG to appeal the state court’s abortion decision; Anoka County continues fight over Northstar commuter train line; Claes Oldenburg, “Spoonbridge Cherry” artist, dies; and many more….