A man who allegedly shot at demonstrators protesting the killing of a black man by Minneapolis police was charged Monday with assault with a dangerous weapon and riot, while three others also face riot charges.
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Minneapolis zeroes in on vendors in diversity push
Women- and minority-owned businesses in Minneapolis receive about 20 percent of city contracts.
Read More »Planners firm up framework for downtown park
A framework for the park mostly matches a concept introduced earlier this year.
Read More »Target Center rehab delayed
More than four years after the Minnesota Timberwolves and the city of Minneapolis first revealed ambitious renovation plans for Target Center, the project – in ...
Read More »EPA policy flicks switch on power plant fight
Pat Garofalo holds a press conference and a hearing to warn Minnesotans of potential economic fallout from the new federal “clean power plan."
Read More »The Capitol Note: Transportation advocates push more taxes on gas, metro-area sales tax
Move MN, a coalition of transportation funding advocates, hopes the two revenue streams would result in $727 million per year.
Read More »The Capitol Note: MNsure budget questioned as enrollment lags
1.) The state health insurance exchange has about one month to present a 2015 budget to the Legislature, but probably won’t know its full financial ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: Dayton to announce running mate choice
The latest conventional wisdom points to chief of staff Tina Smith as the odds-on favorite.
Read More »News links: Hodges wins Minneapolis mayoral election
The race had divided many of the city's prominent Democrats.
Read More »Schiff drops out of Minneapolis mayoral contest, backs Hodges
Less than a week after the DFL convention failed to endorse a candidate in the Minneapolis mayoral contest, there is one less contender. Gary Schiff dropped out of the race on Wednesday and backed fellow Minneapolis City Council member Betsy Hodges.
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