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Plaintiffs sue to keep Minneapolis cops on the job

Plaintiffs sue to keep Minneapolis cops on the job

A group of north Minneapolis residents is suing the city to compel it to maintain the legal minimum of police officers on the force. Group members say the number of cops has already dropped below that level.
by Brandt Williams

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Aug. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: School guidance map shifts again

Aug. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: School guidance map shifts again

In the latest batch of calculations released Thursday, 11 counties saw their recommendations change for the worse if school started today, away from in-person learning for all students, while six counties saw improvements. Here’s the latest map.
by David H. Montgomery and MPR News Staff

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Mpls. theater — home to nonbinary artists — to close after 15 years

Mpls. theater — home to nonbinary artists — to close after 15 years

Over the past fourteen years, 20% Theatre Company has provided a home for transgender and gender nonconforming artists to create and perform new work. Artists say it’s changed the Twin Cities theater scene in the process.
by Marianne Combs

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Aug. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: As deaths rise, a plea to 'do the right thing'

Aug. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: As deaths rise, a plea to 'do the right thing'

“We’re very concerned about the kind of messages — ‘Well, you can just keep testing and people can use their BC, before COVID, behavior,’” the state’s epidemiologist said Wednesday. “We have to work together.”
by MPR News Staff

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Citizenship delays could thwart thousands who dream of voting

Citizenship delays could thwart thousands who dream of voting

Many immigrants applied for U.S. citizenship last year, thinking they’d be able to vote in this year’s general election. But the pandemic has pushed processing times way up, and hundreds of thousands are still waiting.
by Megan Burks

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Fired MPD officers called trash tree a ‘prank’

Fired MPD officers called trash tree a ‘prank’

One of the two Minneapolis police officers who lost their jobs after decorating a 4th Precinct Christmas tree with racist items told an independent arbitrator they were playing a joke on a colleague whom they considered a “neat freak.”
by Brandt Williams

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