Brandt WilliamsIn the wee hours of the morning on Feb. 3, Amos McGhee, 56, was roused from a deep sleep by his 21-year-old daughter Amy who came into his room crying and screaming. McGhee said it sounded like his daughter’s abusive boyfriend was in the house. So he got dressed, grabbed a loaded .22 caliber pistol Read more →
MPR News Notes on the news from the Twin Cities
Archives for December 2013
Curtis Gilbert
If you walked by this Minneapolis bus stop a couple months ago, you might not have noticed something amiss — unless Lynn Morgan’s 5 o’clock shadow caught your eye. The spoof was part of a series by Phil Jones, an artist who found an amusing muse in the advertisements real estate agents place on benches. Read more →
The shootings of 20 children at a Connecticut elementary school a year ago Saturday led state legislatures across the country to pass new gun laws. Most states, however, responded by loosening their gun restrictions, according to a recent New York Times report. In Minnesota, lawmakers failed to pass any new gun laws in the wake Read more →
Making the Minneapolis ballot simpler turns out to be more complicated than it looks. In spite of a growing consensus that it’s too easy for candidates to run for office in the state’s largest city, a proposal to raise the $20 filing fee appears dead for this year. The city’s Charter Commission proposed raising the Read more →
Dan Olson
Many people who love music already buy the argument it has the power to change lives. Read more →
Liala Helal
The public relations cost of the Nicollet Mall redesign could increase by more than $40,000, if the Minneapolis City Council approves an extended contract with the firm on Friday. Citing a significant need to raise public awareness and educate and engage the community in the design phase, the city’s Ways & Means Budget Committee on Read more →
Members of the group Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) say ‘yes.’ The goal, members say, is to cut down on instances of police misconduct and reduce the amount of money the city of Minneapolis pays out for officer misconduct legal matters. An MPR News analysis of data from the Minneapolis city attorney’s office show Read more →
A Minneapolis city council committee voted unanimously Tuesday to forgive more than $1 million in debt owed to the city by the Midtown Global Market. The proposal stipulates that the debt only comes off the books if the Lake Street market’s other lenders do the same. A representative from one of the lenders, Wells Fargo, Read more →
A plan to build a private golf athletic facility and non-profit youth center on top of two parking garages in downtown Minneapolis moved forward today for the first time since it was proposed in 1998. The Minneapolis Transportation and Public Works Committee on Tuesday approved rights to the developer, Downtown Rooftop Golf, LLC and Downtown Read more →
Cody NelsonResponding to new safety concerns near the University of Minnesota campus, Minneapolis police are hosting a public safety walk tonight through neighborhoods near campus. Read more →