Tag: Jacob Frey
Minneapolis searching for paid ‘Poet Laureate’ despite facing $60 million budget...
Minneapolis is currently facing a budget shortfall of approximately $60 million. To rectify that, Mayor Jacob Frey has proposed a dramatic 11.3% increase in...
Minneapolis, St. Paul propose property tax hikes, layoffs to address major...
The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul are proposing staff layoffs and significant property tax hikes in order address budget shortfalls in both cities....
Minneapolis police staffing lawsuit against Mayor Frey set for April 2027...
A Hennepin County judge has scheduled a jury trial for April 2027 in a lawsuit seeking to require Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to comply...
Police leader blasts ‘spineless’ Mayor Frey, Minneapolis City Council for Somali...
Joe Gamaldi, the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about policing in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis launches multi-agency effort to combat open-air drug markets
The City of Minneapolis announced Thursday that it will combat open-air drug markets with a multi-agency enforcement effort. That announcement comes days after federal...
Jacob Frey signs gay bathhouse ordinance, praises Somali community for ‘enriching’...
Minneapolis played host to two very different celebrations this weekend: one marked by rainbow flags and bathhouses, the other by blue Somali flags and...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ordered to increase number of police officers...
A Hennepin County court has ordered Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to increase the number of city police officers to a legally-required minimum number. That...
Federal judge blocks subpoenas of Walz, Ellison and other top state...
A federal judge has quashed six grand-jury subpoenas that were served on some of the state’s top officials as part of an investigation into...
Private $1.4 million ‘coaching’ sessions between Frey and council raise transparency...
Amid ongoing tensions in Minneapolis’s leadership, questions are being raised around a series of private coaching and strategic planning meetings involving Mayor Jacob Frey...
Acting Minneapolis Police Chief Katie Blackwell replaced after one week
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday that First Precinct Inspector Bill Peterson will serve as interim chief of the police department following the resignation...