U.S. Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation Thursday that would encourage states to examine untested rape kits for DNA evidence. The bill would also provide for more health workers trained to administer rape-kit exams, particularly for Native American women.
Minneapolis is the safest city in America, according to Forbes. The ranking was based on crime rates, traffic deaths, workplace fatalities and risk of natural disasters. The Minneapolis metropolitan area ranked in the top 10 nationwide in each…
Akeley is the latest Minnesota city to consider going without its own police in response to declining local-government aid (LGA) and, in some cases, population.
There are currently just two Hmong police officers assigned to Minneapolis’ 4th Precinct, both of whom work overnight shifts. North Side residents want at least one Hmong-speaking cop on the day shift to help foster better communications with the Minneapolis Police Department. But achieving that may be harder than it would seem.
In 2005, the Ward Eight city council race was arguably the most hotly contested in Minneapolis. This year five candidates are vying for the post, including incumbent Elizabeth Glidden. Crime and the foreclosure crisis are likely to be the issues foremost on the minds of voters.
Why would young Somali men living in Minnesota return to their war-ravaged homeland to wage jihad? That’s the thorny question that’s been debated by the Somali community and federal investigators since the mysterious disappearances of as many as 20 young…
In the first half of this year, murder rates were down in Minneapolis — a fact that’s being noticed nationwide. This morning, the Washington Post notes that Minnesota’s biggest city — which had six homicides in the first…
At the urging of local meat packer JBS, Worthington will write off 80 percent of what it could tax a new apartment complex. The city council agreed to forego as much as $250,000 to tempt Gilt Edge,…
Last week, it was revealed that the law that makes it a federal crime to threaten or commit violence against abortion providers, or to vandalize their clinics, wasn’t being enforced. Now our sister site, the Washington Independent, finds that the Bush administration’s Department of Justice did little over the past eight years in enforcing the civil component of that federal law.
Minneapolis police officer Jason Andersen did not use excessive force when he shot Fong Lee eight times on July 22, 2006, a jury ruled this afternoon. No damages will be awarded…
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