The Minneapolis City Council has voted to eliminate the Office of Community Safety, which was created in 2022 in the wake of George Floyd’s murder to provide better coordination among emergency services. But progressives on the council pushed for its elimination, citing its lack of power and ability to effectively oversee those services.
Iska, Inc. and Bright Horizon Therapy Center — two autism centers — were searched yesterday ahead of a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance to St. Cloud on Friday for a press conference on the administration’s “War on Fraud.” The two businesses collected more than $30 million in Medicaid funds over the last six to eight years for autism services.
The federal government paid $495.6 million for the former prison in Appleton earlier this year in order to convert it into an ICE detention facility. But new records show that CoreCivic offered to sell it to the state a year ago for $75 million. That difference in price is more than what is reported to have been lost in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, and much more than the $500k that CoreCivic donated to Trump’s inauguration.
A right-to-repair ordinance is on the ballot for voters in St. Paul on Tuesday, which would allow renters to fix problems that are not addressed within 14 days and deduct the cost from their next rent payment. Seems like a good way to empower renters, but also throws a wrench in Mitch Hedberg’s vision for the Apartment Depot.
In an era when restaurants open and close in the span of years or even months, it’s incredible that a neighborhood staple like Northeast’s Gardens of Salonica has been serving the community for 36 years. But now owner Anna Christoforides is shuttering the restaurant next year and getting ready for a new chapter in her life at 70.
Mike Dreier has coached basketball for 48 years at New London-Spicer high school, becoming the winningest coach in Minnesota history with 1,125 wins and two state championships, and now he’s ready to enjoy retirement. He ends his epic run with more than a 100 more victories than the next nearest coach.
And finally in your Minnesota (sorta?) news roundup: The fairy tale end to a fairy tale season for the Milwaukee Brewers is going to cost some kids some fairy tales at reading time as schools in Milwaukee will close on Friday for the World Series title parade. The Brewers came to Milwaukee from Seattle, where they were the Pilots, in 1969. This is the team’s first title and the city’s first since the Milwaukee Braves won it all in 1957.
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