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When a drunk driver is believed to be responsible for a death or injury, law enforcement officials are allowed to order blood tests without a warrant, the state Supreme Court ruled on May 30. Bucking a trend, most of the judges concurred that the minutes lost in waiting for a warrant are simply too precious, [...]

When a Minnesota bank becomes the nation’s fourth since December to fail (as happened Friday), and a Minnesota credit union gets hit with a cease-and-desist order from the state for being in the red (as happened in mid-May), it may be time to sew a wad of bills into a mattress, hide a bankroll under [...]

Looking for a way to cut expenses, Ramsey County is no longer footing the gas bill for officers with take-home cars, as of June 1. The nearly 100 cops who commute to work in department-provided vehicles are now expected to fork over 33 cents for every mile they drive outside the county (60 of the [...]

Newsweek conducted a brief Q&A session with Rep. Ron Paul, R- Tex., and directly asked him about his plans for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul:

“We’ll have a big rally there one of the days. Since they won’t give us a spot, we’ll make our own spot. We won’t disrupt things — that doesn’t [...]

While some politicians tout a piece of recent legislation as one way to continue Minneapolis’ Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) beyond its original 2009 end date, critics see flaws in its vague terminology, and question how dollars will be doled out in practice. 

NRP, which was set up in 1989 to last for 20 years, has paved [...]

When police responded to a 911 call about a noisy South Minneapolis party in the wee morning hours Thursday, a few guests turned out to be fellow cops. Authorities are looking into claims that the two officers who had attended the shindig fired their guns without reason as many as 10 times — simulating the [...]

On Thursday, the St. Paul Dog Training Unit celebrated the graduation of a class of 12 new K-9 cops. The German shepherds traveled from abroad to undergo the specialized training and are now bound for law enforcement careers with various police departments across the state (some will venture into Wisconsin, as well). Completing the rigorous [...]

Spend some time in downtown Minneapolis and the truth starts to reveal itself: Underneath all that shiny beauty, nestled between the giant trophies of art and commerce, are holes and pockmarks — acres of empty land that promised developments that never came to pass.

Over at Second Street and Washington Avenue, a precarious chain-link fence encircles [...]

Two independent radio stations at colleges in two separate states, both sought by one buyer: Minnesota Public Radio.

Advocates for both stations ask their state attorneys general to investigate whether the prospective sales violate laws governing charitable trusts, the structure under which the stations raise funds from donors.

Last month, Florida’s AG agreed to examine whether MPR’s [...]

Last Wednesday, The Star Tribune reported that an attorney has asked the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate Minneapolis Police Chief Timothy Dolan for a data practices violation. What the story failed to make clear, however, is that the police union is behind the rare move, and that the possible charge is a criminal one, [...]