minneapolis city council

Minneapolis City Council, violence prevention

Minneapolis City Council backs off controversial violence prevention idea, but bad blood remains

After vocal pushback from violence interrupters — including a pastor who threatened the council members this week — the Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to a proposal to move two violence prevention programs to the county.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

Minneapolis City Council debates funding for neighborhood violence prevention program

The debate descended into some personal attacks and became sort of a proxy war for bigger political battles at city hall.

Bring Me The News on MSN · 1d

After a week of violent threats, Minneapolis City Council postpones violence prevention proposal

McAfee is the founder nonprofit violence prevention group 21 Days of Peace, which the Star Tribune reports has received $3 million in Legislature-directed funding in recent years, while his church won a $300,000 contract from the city to carry out a de-escalation initiative.

MinnPost9h

The debate over violence interruption in Minneapolis — cutting through the noise

Here’s the essential background on what happened this week as the City Council feuded over violence programs and community members spoke out.

MPR News1d

Minneapolis orders audit of police response in death of Allison Lussier

The Minneapolis City Council is requesting an audit of the police response to the death of Allison Lussier, an Indigenous ...

‘It doesn’t fit’: Burnsville City Council, residents criticize housing development proposal at former school site

A developer wants to redevelop a former elementary school site to include more than 100 housing units, but the city council says to go back to the drawing board.

MinnPost4d

Former head of Neighborhood Safety Department claims harassment from Minneapolis council members

Luana Nelson-Brown resigned last month after getting “pushback” and “pressure” from several city council members over her attempts to strengthen and improve the bidding process and financial oversight ...

KSTP-TV2d

Minneapolis City Council committee supports after-action review of police handling of case

A Minneapolis City Council committee voted Tuesday afternoon to advance a motion that would request the City Auditor conduct ...

Canary Media2d

Minneapolis tries to reset expectations for utility climate partnership

The City Council is about to approve new utility franchise agreements that include more specific targets for climate progress ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results